impurity

English

Etymology

impure +‎ -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpjɝɪti/, /ɪmˈpjuɹɪti/

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This citrine stone is a quartz stone that has turned golden yellow due to iron impurities.

Noun

impurity (countable and uncountable, plural impurities)

1. The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.

   Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.

2. A component or additive that renders something else impure.

   The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.

   • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):

     An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

3. A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.

   With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.

Synonyms

• impureness

Antonyms

• purity

Translations

the condition of being impure

• Bulgarian: замърсяване (bg) n (zamǎrsjavane)
• Catalan: impuresa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雜ざつ質しつ／杂质 (zh) (zázhì, zázhí)

• Dutch: onzuiverheid (nl) f, onreinheid (nl)
• French: impureté (fr) f
• German: Unreinheit (de) f, Verunreinigung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (unhrainiþa), 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 f (unhrainei)
• Gujarati: અશુદ્ધિ (aśuddhi)
• Hungarian: tisztátalanság (hu)
• Japanese: 不純ふじゅん (ja) (ふじゅん, fujun), 汚よごれ (ja) (けがれ, kegare)
• Latin: impūritās f
• Macedonian: нечистотија f (nečistotija), примесност f (primesnost)
• Polish: nieczystość (pl) f
• Portuguese: impuridade f, impureza (pt) f
• Romanian: impuritate (ro), necurățenie (ro)
• Russian: нечистота́ (ru) f (nečistotá)
• Tagalog: kaditagnasan

a component or additive that renders something else impure

• Bulgarian: онечистване n (onečistvane)
• Catalan: impuresa f
• Dutch: onzuiverheid (nl) f, bezoedeling (nl)
• German: Unreinheit (de) f, Fremdkörper (de) m
• Greek: ρύπος (el) m (rýpos)

  Ancient: ἀκαθαρσία f (akatharsía)

• Hungarian: szennyeződés (hu)
• Japanese: 不純物ふじゅんぶつ (ja) (ふじゅんぶつ, fujunbutsu)
• Korean: 불순물 (ko) (bulsunmul)
• Macedonian: примеса f (primesa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: urenhet m or f, ureinhet m or f

• Portuguese: impureza (pt) f, impuridade f
• Russian: при́месь (ru) f (prímesʹ), загрязне́ние (ru) n (zagrjaznénije)
• Sanskrit: रेपस् (sa) n (repas)
• Spanish: impureza (es)
• Turkish: katışıklık (tr), safsızlık
• Ukrainian: до́мішка f (dómiška)

a state of immorality

• Bulgarian: нецеломъдреност f (necelomǎdrenost)
• Dutch: bezoedeling (nl), onreinheid (nl)
• German: Unreinheit (de) f
• Greek: ανηθικότητα (el) f (anithikótita)
• Hungarian: erkölcstelenség (hu)
• Japanese: 汚よごれ (ja) (けがれ, kegare)
• Portuguese: impureza (pt) f, impudor (pt) m
• Russian: нечистопло́тность (ru) f (nečistoplótnostʹ)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} impurità (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 불순 (ko) (bulsun)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} impureza (es) f