limpid

English

WOTD – 1 June 2006

Etymology

From French limpide, from Latin limpidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmpɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪmpɪd

Adjective

limpid (comparative more limpid, superlative most limpid)

1. Clear, transparent or bright.

   The limpid glass doors reveal the living room clearly from the dining room.

   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     He had a soft honey-coloured moustache and the limpid gaze of an entirely stupid man.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:limpid.

Related terms

• limpidity
• limpidly
• limpidness

Translations

clear

Arabic: قَرَاح (qarāḥ) (archaic) Armenian: պայծառ (hy) (paycaṙ) Bulgarian: бистър (bg) (bistǎr), прозрачен (bg) (prozračen) Chinese: Mandarin: 澄明的 (chéngmíng de) Czech: čirý (cs) Dutch: duidelijk (nl), helder (nl), limpide (nl), begrijpelijk (nl) Finnish: kirkas (fi) French: limpide (fr) German: klar (de), durchsichtig (de) Greek: διαφανής (el) (diafanís) Hebrew: צלול (he) Hungarian: áttetsző (hu), tiszta (hu), átlátszó (hu) Ido: limpida (io) Irish: glé Italian: limpido (it) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: geş (ku), ron (ku), zelal (ku) Latin: limpidus Manx: sullyr Maori: toari Persian: زلال (fa) (zlâl) Portuguese: límpido (pt) Punjabi: ਸਾਫ (pa) (sāph), ਸਪਸ਼ਟ (pa) (sapśaṭ) Romanian: limpede (ro) Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj) Spanish: límpido (es) Swedish: klar (sv), genomskinlig (sv)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• limpidu, limpidi, limpide, limbid, limbit

Etymology

From Latin limpidus. Compare Romanian limpede.

Adjective

limpid m (feminine limpidã, masculine plural limpidz, feminine plural limpidi or limpide)

1. clear

Derived terms

• limpidzãscu
• limpidzãmi

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limpidus or French limpide or Italian limpido. Doublet of limpede.

Adjective

limpid m or n (feminine singular limpidă, masculine plural limpizi, feminine and neuter plural limpide)

1. clear, limpid, transparent

Declension

Declension of limpid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	limpid		limpidă		limpizi	limpide
	definite	limpidul		limpida		limpizii	limpidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	limpid		limpide		limpizi	limpide
	definite	limpidului		limpidei		limpizilor	limpidelor