unclean

English

Etymology

From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- +‎ clean.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʌnˈkliːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

unclean (comparative uncleaner, superlative uncleanest)

Dirty, soiled or foul.
Not moral or chaste.
Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:unclean

Translations

dirty, soiled or foul

Catalan: brut (ca)
Dutch: onrein (nl)
Estonian: must (et), räpane
Finnish: likainen (fi), epäpuhdas (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀκάθαρτος (akáthartos)
Latvian: netīrs (lv)
Maori: poke (mi), paru, paruparu, maniheko
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ureinslig, urenslig

Nynorsk: ureinsleg

Pashto: سخا‎ (ps) m or f (sxâ), خيرن‎ (ps) m (xirën)
Portuguese: sujo (pt)
Rapa Nui: hava hava
Romanian: murdar (ro) m or n
Russian: нечи́стый (ru) (nečístyj), гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj)
Serbo-Croatian: nèčist (sh), pȑljav (sh)
Sundanese: lolo
Swedish: smutsig (sv), oren (sv)

not moral or chaste

Catalan: impur (ca)
Dutch: onrein (nl)
Estonian: räpane
Finnish: likainen (fi)
French: impur (fr)
German: unrein
Greek:
Ancient: ἀκάθαρτος (akáthartos)

Latvian: nešķīsts, neķītrs
Maore Comorian: -a peu
Pashto: سخا‎ (ps) m or f (sxâ)
Portuguese: impuro (pt)
Romanian: imoral (ro) m or n, necurat (ro) m or n
Russian: амора́льный (ru) (amorálʹnyj), непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj), гря́зный (ru) (grjáznyj), по́шлый (ru) (póšlyj)
Swedish: oren (sv), snuskig (sv)

ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit

Dutch: onrein (nl)
French: impur (fr)
German: unrein, gemein (de) (archaic)
Greek:
Ancient: κοινός (koinós)

Hungarian: tisztátalan (hu)
Maore Comorian: -a ntsama
Plautdietsch: orrein
Swahili: -chafu (sw), najisi

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