limpid

English

WOTD – 1 June 2006

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French limpide, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin limpidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmpɪd/

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Adjective

limpid (comparative more limpid, superlative most limpid)

1. Clear, transparent or bright.
   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     He had a soft honeycoloured moustache and the limpid gaze of an entirely stupid man.

   The limpid glass doors reveal the living room clearly from the dining room.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:limpid.

Translations

clear

• Armenian: պայծառ (hy) (paycaṙ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: čirý
• Dutch: duidelijk (nl), helder (nl), limpide (nl), begrijpelijk (nl)
• Finnish: kirkas (fi)
• French: limpide (fr)
• German: klar (de), durchsichtig (de)
• Greek: διαφανής (el) (diafanís)
• Hebrew: צלול (he)
• Hungarian: áttetsző (hu)
• Ido: limpida (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: limpido (it)
• Kurdish: , ,
• Latin: limpidus
• Manx: sullyr
• Maori: toari
• Portuguese: límpido (pt)
• Punjabi: ਸਾਫ (pa) (sāph), ਸਪਸ਼ਟ (pa) (sapśaṭ)
• Romanian: limpede (ro)
• Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj)
• Spanish: límpido (es)
• Swedish: klar (sv), genomskinlig (sv)

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• limpidu, limpidi, limpide, limbid, limbit

Etymology

From Latin limpidus. Compare Romanian limpede.

Adjective

limpid m (feminine limpidã, masculine plural limpidz, feminine plural limpidi or limpide)

1. clear

Derived terms

• limpidzãscu
• limpidzãmi