Impair

English

Etymology

From Old French empeirier, from Vulgar Latin *impejorare, from in- + Late Latin pejorare.

Verb

Infinitive to Impair

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Impair (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

Derived terms

• impairment

Translations

have a diminishing effect on

Finnish: haitata fi(fi), heikentää fi(fi) French: détériorer fr(fr), abîmer fr(fr), affaiblir fr(fr) German: beeinträchtigen (1) Portuguese: prejudicar, enfraquecer, diminuir

Romanian: a afecta in mod negativ, a diminua efectul, a subrezi Russian: ослаблять ru(ru) (oslablját’) Spanish: deteriorar es(es), empeorar es(es), descomponer es(es)

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French

Adjective

Impair m. (f. Impaire, m. plural Impairs, f. plural Impaires)

1. odd (of a number)

   3 est un nombre impair. - 3 is an odd number.

Antonyms

• pair

References

• Template:R:CNRTL

Anagrams

• aiimpr,
• primai

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