premature

premature

See also: prématuré, prémature, and prematüre

English

Alternative forms

• præmature (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- +‎ mature. Attested circa 1520.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/, /ˈpɹɛ.mə.tjə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/, /ˌpɹi.məˈt͡ʃʊɹ/

Adjective

premature (comparative more premature, superlative most premature)

1. Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.

   a premature birth

   premature reports of the singer's death

2. Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial:

     I was lost in reveries of death, and the idea of premature burial held continual possession of my brain.

3. (informal) Suffering from premature ejaculation.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:premature

Derived terms

• premature antifascist
• premature birth
• premature ejaculation
• prematurely

 

Translations

occurring before a state of readiness or maturity

Albanian: parakohshëm (sq) Belarusian: перадча́сны (pjeradčásny), заўча́сны (zaŭčásny), дача́сны (dačásny) Bulgarian: преждевре́менен (bg) (preždevrémenen) Catalan: prematur Chinese: Mandarin: 過早的／过早的 (zh) (guòzǎo de), 先期的 (zh) (xiānqī de) Czech: předčasný (cs) Dutch: prematuur (nl), voortijdig (nl) Finnish: ennenaikainen (fi) French: prématuré (fr) German: frühreif (de) Hebrew: טרם לבגרות‎ (térem l'bagrút) Irish: réamhaibí (of birth), anabaí (of birth) Latin: praecox, praecoquus Macedonian: предвремен (predvremen) Manx: neuappee Maranao: bakakaw Polish: przedwczesny (pl) Portuguese: prematuro (pt) Russian: преждевре́менный (ru) (preždevrémennyj) Slovak: predčasný Spanish: prematuro Ukrainian: передча́сний (peredčásnyj), завча́сний (zavčásnyj), доча́сний (dočásnyj)

taking place earlier than anticipated

Albanian: parakohshëm (sq) Belarusian: перадча́сны (pjeradčásny) Bulgarian: преждевре́менен (bg) (preždevrémenen) Catalan: prematur Chinese: Mandarin: 過早的／过早的 (zh) (guòzǎo de), 先期的 (zh) (xiānqī de) Czech: předčasný (cs) Dutch: voorbarig (nl), prematuur (nl) Finnish: ennenaikainen (fi) French: prématuré (fr) German: vorzeitig (de), verfrüht (de) Irish: roimh am Macedonian: предвремен (predvremen) Russian: преждевре́менный (ru) (preždevrémennyj) Slovak: predčasný Spanish: prematuro Ukrainian: передча́сний (peredčásnyj)

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Kurdish: Central Kurdish: (please verify) پێشوەخت‎ (ku) (pêşwext)

Noun

premature (plural prematures)

1. An infant born prematurely.

See also

• get ahead of oneself

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.maˈtu.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: pre‧ma‧tù‧re

Adjective

premature

1. feminine plural of prematuro

Noun

premature f pl

1. plural of prematura

Anagrams

• permutare, premurate