unclean

English

Etymology

From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- +‎ clean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkliːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

unclean (comparative uncleaner, superlative uncleanest)

1. Dirty, soiled or foul.
2. Not moral or chaste.
3. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:unclean

Translations

dirty, soiled or foul

• Catalan: brut (ca)
• Danish: urenlig
• Dutch: onrein (nl)
• Estonian: must (et), räpane
• Finnish: likainen (fi), epäpuhdas (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀκάθαρτος (akáthartos)

• Latvian: netīrs (lv)
• Maori: poke (mi), paru, paruparu, maniheko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ureinslig, urenslig

  Nynorsk: ureinsleg

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• Pashto: سخا (ps) m or f (sxâ), خيرن (ps) m (xirën)
• Portuguese: sujo (pt)
• Rapa Nui: hava hava
• Romanian: murdar (ro) m or n
• Russian: нечи́стый (ru) (nečístyj), гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: nèčist (sh), pȑljav (sh)
• Sundanese: lolo
• Swedish: smutsig (sv), oren (sv)

not moral or chaste

• Catalan: impur (ca)
• Dutch: onrein (nl)
• Estonian: räpane
• Finnish: likainen (fi)
• French: impur (fr)
• German: unrein
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀκάθαρτος (akáthartos)

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• Latvian: nešķīsts, neķītrs
• Maore Comorian: -a peu
• Pashto: سخا (ps) m or f (sxâ)
• Portuguese: impuro (pt)
• Romanian: imoral (ro) m or n, necurat (ro) m or n
• Russian: амора́льный (ru) (amorálʹnyj), непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj), гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj), по́шлый (ru) (póšlyj)
• Swedish: oren (sv), snuskig (sv)

ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit

• Dutch: onrein (nl)
• French: impur (fr)
• German: unrein, gemein (de) (archaic)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κοινός (koinós)

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• Hungarian: tisztátalan (hu)
• Maore Comorian: -a ntsama
• Plautdietsch: orrein
• Swahili: -chafu (sw), najisi