impair

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Antonyms 2.2 References 2.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French empeirier, from Vulgar Latin *impejorare, from in- + Late Latin pejorare.

[edit] Verb

to impair (third-person singular simple present impairs, present participle impairing, simple past and past participle impaired)

1. to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

[edit] Derived terms

• impairment

[edit] Translations

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[edit] French

[edit] Adjective

impair m. (f. impaire, m. plural impairs, f. plural impaires)

1. odd (of a number)

   3 est un nombre impair. - 3 is an odd number.

[edit] Antonyms

• pair

[edit] References

• “impair” in the Portail lexical, Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales, 2010.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aiimpr
• primai