limpid

English

WOTD – 1 June 2006

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin limpiduslbor.

French limpideder.

English limpid

From French limpide, from Latin limpidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmpɪd/

• Audio (US):

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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 — see also crystalline

• Arabic: قَرَاح (qarāḥ) (archaic)
• Armenian: պայծառ (hy) (paycaṙ)
• Bulgarian: бистър (bg) (bistăr), прозрачен (bg) (prozračen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澄明的 (chéngmíng de), 明澈 (zh) (míngchè), 澄澈 (zh) (chéngchè)

• 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
• Māori: toari
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: blank

• 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

Etymology tree

Latin limpiduslbor.

Latin limpiduslbor.

French limpidebor.

Latin limpiduslbor.

Italian limpidobor.

Romanian limpid

Learned borrowing from Latin limpidus, or borrowed from French limpide or Italian limpido. Doublet of limpede.

Adjective

limpid m or n (feminine singular limpidă, masculine plural limpizi, feminine/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