impune

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impūnis.

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Pronunciation

• Homophone: impugn

Adjective

impune

1. (obsolete) unpunished

Derived terms

• impunely

Catalan

Alternative forms

• impunit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impūnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [imˈpu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [imˈpu.ne]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

impune m or f (masculine and feminine plural impunes)

1. unpunished

Related terms

• impunitat
• punir

Further reading

• “impune”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

From Latin impūnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈpu.ne/
• Rhymes: -une
• Hyphenation: im‧pù‧ne

Adjective

impune m or f by sense (plural impuni)

1. (obsolete, literary) unpunished, impune

   Synonym: impunito

Derived terms

• impunemente

Related terms

• impunità

Latin

Etymology 1

impūnis +‎ -ē

Alternative forms

• inpūnē

Adverb

impūnē (comparative impūnius, superlative impūnissimē)

1. with impunity, without punishment; safely

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• inpūne

Adjective

impūne

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of impūnis

References

• “impune”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impune”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “impune”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to go unpunished: impune fecisse, tulisse aliquid
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impūnis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpũ.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpũ.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpu.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpu.nɨ/

Adjective

impune m or f (plural impunes)

1. unpunished

Derived terms

• impunemente

Related terms

• impunidade

Further reading

• “impune”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imponere, modeled after French imposer.

Verb

a impune (third-person singular present impune, past participle impus, third-person subjunctive impună) 3rd conjugation

1. to enforce
2. to impose

Conjugation

    conjugation of impune (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a impune
gerund			impunând
past participle			impus
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	impun	impui	impune	impunem	impuneți	impun
	imperfect	impuneam	impuneai	impunea	impuneam	impuneați	impuneau
	simple perfect	impusei	impuseși	impuse	impuserăm	impuserăți	impuseră
	pluperfect	impusesem	impuseseși	impusese	impuseserăm	impuseserăți	impuseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să impun	să impui	să impună	să impunem	să impuneți	să impună
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		impune			impuneți
	negative		nu impune			nu impuneți

Related terms

• pune

See also

• forța

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin impūnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈpune/ [ĩmˈpu.ne]
• Rhymes: -une
• Syllabification: im‧pu‧ne

Adjective

impune m or f (masculine and feminine plural impunes)

1. unpunished, scot-free

Derived terms

• impunemente

Related terms

• impunidad

Further reading

• “impune”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024