unclean

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkliːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

unclean (comparative uncleaner, superlative uncleanest)

1. Dirty, soiled or foul.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:unclean

2. Not moral or chaste.
3. Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.

Derived terms

• unclean hands

Translations

dirty, soiled or foul

Bulgarian: мръсен (bg) (mrǎsen) Catalan: brut (ca) Danish: urenlig Dutch: onrein (nl) Estonian: must (et), räpane Finnish: likainen (fi), epäpuhdas (fi) Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (unhrains), 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 (gawamms) Greek: Ancient: ἀκάθαρτος (akáthartos) Irish: neamhghlan Latin: impūrus Latvian: netīrs (lv) Manx: neuglen Maori: poke (mi), paru, paruparu, maniheko Norwegian: Bokmål: ureinslig, urenslig Nynorsk: ureinsleg Ottoman Turkish: پیس (pis), مردار (murdar) Pashto: سخا (ps) (sxâ), خيرن (ps) (xirën) Plautdietsch: orrein Portuguese: sujo (pt) Rapa Nui: havahava Romanian: murdar (ro) Russian: нечи́стый (ru) (nečístyj), гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: нѐчист, пр̏љав Roman: nèčist (sh), pȑljav (sh) Sundanese: lolo Swedish: smutsig (sv), oren (sv)

not moral or chaste

Bulgarian: неморален (bg) (nemoralen) Catalan: impur (ca) Dutch: onrein (nl) Estonian: räpane Finnish: likainen (fi) French: impur (fr) German: unrein (de) Greek: Ancient: ἀκάθαρτος (akáthartos) Latvian: nešķīsts, neķītrs Maore Comorian: -a peu Pashto: سخا (ps) (sxâ) Plautdietsch: orrein Portuguese: impuro (pt) Romanian: imoral (ro), necurat (ro) Russian: амора́льный (ru) (amorálʹnyj), непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj), гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj), по́шлый (ru) (póšlyj) Swedish: oren (sv), snuskig (sv)

ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit

Bulgarian: нечестив (bg) (nečestiv) Dutch: onrein (nl) Finnish: saastainen (fi), epäpuhdas (fi) French: impur (fr) German: unrein (de), gemein (de) (archaic) Greek: Ancient: κοινός (koinós) Hebrew: טָמֵא (he) (tamé) Hungarian: tisztátalan (hu) Maore Comorian: -a ntsama Plautdietsch: orrein Swahili: -chafu (sw), najisi