impurity

English

Etymology

impure +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪmˈpjɝɪti/, /ɪmˈpjuɹɪti/, X-SAMPA: /Im"pj3r\Iti/, /Im"pjur\Iti/

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

Noun

impurity (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.

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

• Catalan: impuresa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雜質 (cmn), 杂质 (cmn) (zázhì, zázhí)

• Dutch: onzuiverheid f, onreinheid
• French: impureté (fr) f
• German: Unreinheit (de) f, Verunreinigung (de) f
• Hungarian: tisztátalanság (hu)

• Japanese: 不純 (ja) (ふじゅん, fujun), 汚れ (ja) (けがれ, kegare)
• Macedonian: нечистотија (mk) (nečistótija) f, примесност (mk) (prímesnost) f
• Polish: nieczystość (pl) f
• Romanian: impuritate (ro), necurățenie (ro)
• Russian: нечистота (ru) (nečistotá) f 

a component or additive that renders something else impure

• Catalan: impuresa (ca) f
• Dutch: onzuiverheid f, bezoedeling
• German: Unreinheit (de) f, Fremdkörper (de) m
• Hungarian: szennyeződés (hu)
• Japanese: 不純物 (ja) (ふじゅんぶつ, fujunbutsu)

• Macedonian: примеса (mk) (prímesa) f
• Portuguese: impureza (pt)
• Russian: примесь (ru) (prímesʹ) f , загрязнение (ru) (zagrjaznénije) n 
• Spanish: impureza (es)

a state of immorality

• Dutch: bezoedeling, onreinheid
• German: Unreinheit (de) f

• Hungarian: erkölcstelenség (hu)
• Japanese: 汚れ (ja) (けがれ, kegare)
• Russian: нечистоплотность (ru) (nečistoplótnostʹ) f 

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Translations to be checked

• Greek: ακαθαρσία f
• Italian: impurità f

• Korean: 불순
• Portuguese: impureza f
• Spanish: impureza f