polluto

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pollūtus, perfect passive participle of polluō (“to soil, pollute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polˈlu.to/
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: pol‧lù‧to

Adjective

polluto (feminine polluta, masculine plural polluti, feminine plural pollute) (literary)

1. soiled, polluted, defiled

   Synonyms: contaminato, inquinato, insozzato, sporco

   Antonyms: netto, pulito

2. (figurative) violated, desecrated

   Synonyms: profanato, violato

   Antonyms: intonso, inviolato, puro

Further reading

• polluto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Participle

pollūtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pollūtus