impur
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pyʁ/
impur is spelled I-M-P-U-R (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impur is a French adjective meaning “impure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas pur”.
What does impur mean in English?
adjective
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impure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas pur. 2. Qui a une impureté religieuse. 3. Qualifie, selon certaines règles religieuses, une femme lors de ses menstruations. 4. Qui a une impureté morale.
noun: 1. Ce qui est moralement impur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impur
- impure feminine
- impurs masculine plural
- impures feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impur?
- /ɛ̃.pyʁ/
- \ɛ̃.pyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impur in French?
impur appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).