immaculate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈmækjʊlət/
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• General-American: /ɪˈmæk.jʊ.lət/
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• General-American: /ᵻˈmæk.jə.lət/
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• rhymes with -ækjʊlət
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M AE1 K Y UW0 L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh2-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh2- (“to rub; to smear”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, im- + macule + -ate. Cognates * Catalan immaculat * Italian immacolato, immaculato (obsolete) * Middle French immaculé (modern French immaculé) * Portuguese imaculado * Spanish inmaculado

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vlekkeloos — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Albanian: bardhë — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Armenian: անարատ (anarat) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Armenian: անբիծ (anbic) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Old Armenian: սուրբ (surb) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Bengali: অকল্ক (okolko) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Bengali: অকলঙ্ক (okoloṅko) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Bulgarian: безупречен (bezuprečen) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Bulgarian: чист (čist) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Bulgarian: неопетнен (neopetnen) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Bulgarian: пре́чист (préčist) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Catalan: immaculat — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Chinese Mandarin: 純潔的 /纯洁的 (chúnjiéde) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Chinese Mandarin: 無瑕疵的 /无瑕疵的 (wúxiácīde) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Chinese Mandarin: 一塵不染 /一尘不染 (yīchénbùrǎn) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Chinese Mandarin: 整潔 /整洁 (zhěngjié) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Czech: neposkvrněný — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Danish: pletfri — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Dutch: brandschoon — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Dutch: vlekkeloos — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Finnish: puhtoinen — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Finnish: viaton — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Finnish: virheetön — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• French: immaculé — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• French: acribique — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• French: recherché — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• French: soigné — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Galician: inmaculado — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Georgian: შეუბღალავი (šeubɣalavi) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Georgian: უმწიკვლო (umc̣iḳvlo) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• German: makellos — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• German: unbefleckt — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Greek: αψεγάδιαστος (apsegádiastos) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Greek: άψογος (ápsogos) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Greek: άσπιλος (áspilos) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Greek: άμωμος (ámomos) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Ancient Greek: ἄχραντος (ákhrantos) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Ancient Greek: πᾰνάχραντος (pănákhrantos) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Hungarian: makulátlan — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Hungarian: szeplőtelen — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Hungarian: szeplőtlen — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Hungarian: tiszta — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Icelandic: flekklaus — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Italian: immacolato — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Latvian: šķīsts — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Lithuanian: tvarki̇̀ngas — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Macedonian: беспорочен (besporočen) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Malayalam: പരിശുദ്ധ (pariśuddha) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Manx: neulheamysagh — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Māori: parakore — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Old English: unwemme — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Polish: niepokalany — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Portuguese: imaculado — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Portuguese: ilibado — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Portuguese: impecável — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Romagnol: cândid — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Romanian: imaculat — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Romanian: dalb — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Romanian: imis — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Romanian: preacurat — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Russian: чи́стенький (čístenʹkij) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Sanskrit: अमल (amala) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Sanskrit: परिशुद्ध (pariśuddha) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Serbo-Croatian: беспре́ко̄ран — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Serbo-Croatian: бесприје́ко̄ран — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Serbo-Croatian: besprékōran — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Serbo-Croatian: besprijékōran — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Serbo-Croatian: bezgrješan — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Spanish: inmaculado — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Swedish: fläckfri — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Swedish: obefläckad — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Tagalog: inmakulada — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Tagalog: busilak — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Thai: วิมล (wí-mon) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Tibetan: དྲི་མེད (dri med) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Tibetan: སྐྱོན་མེད (skyon med) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Turkish: kusursuz — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Turkish: lekesiz — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Ukrainian: чистий (čystyj) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Ukrainian: незаплямований (nezapljamovanyj) — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Vietnamese: phau — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Vietnamese: trong trắng — having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
• Afrikaans: perfek — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Afrikaans: foutloos — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Armenian: առաքինի (aṙakʻini) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Armenian: կատարյալ (kataryal) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Finnish: moitteeton — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• German: makellos — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• German: perfect — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Hawaiian: hemolele — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Hungarian: makulátlan — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Korean: 완벽하다 (wanbyeokhada) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Macedonian: беспрекорен (besprekoren) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Russian: безоши́бочный (bezošíbočnyj) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Russian: соверше́нный (soveršénnyj) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Thai: วิมล (wí-mon) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Tibetan: སྐྱོན་མེད (skyon med) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Ukrainian: бездоганний (bezdohannyj) — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Vietnamese: vẹn toàn — containing no mistakes — see also flawless
• Afrikaans: foutloos — of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors
• Czech: bezchybný — of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors
• Czech: bezchybná — of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors
• Czech: bezchybné — of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors
• Finnish: virheetön — of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors
• Afrikaans: onbevlekte — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Arabic: مُنَزَّه (munazzah) — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Aragonese: purisma — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Basque: garbia — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Catalan: immaculada — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Chinese Mandarin: 無染原罪 /无染原罪 (wúrǎnyuánzuì) — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Czech: neposkvrněné — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Danish: ubesmittede — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Dutch: onbevlekte — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Esperanto: senmakula — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Finnish: immaculata — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Finnish: perisynnitön — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• French: immaculé — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• West-Frisian: unbesmodzge — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Galician: inmaculada — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• German: unbefleckte — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Greek: άμωμος (ámomos) — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Ancient Greek: πᾰνάχραντος (pănákhrantos) — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Hungarian: szeplőtelen — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Italian: immacolata — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Japanese: 無原罪 (mu genzai) — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Korean: 원죄 없는 (wonjoe eomneun) — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Latin: immaculāta — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Limburgish: ónbevlekde — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Luxembourgish: onbefleckt — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Maltese: immakulata — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Norwegian Bokmål: ubesmittede — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Polish: niepokalanym — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Portuguese: imaculada — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Romanian: imaculată — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Romanian: precistă — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Russian: непоро́чное (neporóčnoje) — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Slovene: brezmadežno — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Spanish: inmaculada — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Swedish: obefläckad — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Turkish: günahsızlığı — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Ukrainian: непоро́чне (neporóčne) — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Venetan: imacołada — of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled — see also undefiled
• Finnish: täplätön — lacking blotches, spots, or other markings — see also unspotted
• Finnish: yksivärinen — lacking blotches, spots, or other markings — see also unspotted
• German: einfarbig — lacking blotches, spots, or other markings — see also unspotted
• Russian: однотонный (odnotonnyj) — lacking blotches, spots, or other markings — see also unspotted