imprimatur

From Latin imprimātur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑː.tʊə/, /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tʊə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑ.tɚ/, /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tɚ/

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imprimatur (plural imprimaturs or imprimantur)

1. (printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
   • 1664, John Wilson, The Cheats, publication info page:

     The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson

2. (by extension) Any mark of official approval.

   Synonyms: approval, authorization, endorsement

   • 1988, New York Times, Gay fiction comes home, :

     Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination.

   • 2015 March 30, Michael Billington, “Look Back in Anger: how John Osborne liberated theatrical language”, in The Guardian‎:

     Even with the imprimatur of Tynan and Hobson, the play was not an instant hit.

imprimatur n

1. imprimatur

From Latin imprimatur (“let it be printed”)

imprimatur m (plural imprimaturs)

1. imprimatur

   Donner son imprimatur.

• “imprimatur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.priˈmaː.tur/, [ɪm.prɪˈmaː.tʊr]

imprimātur

1. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of imprimō