impair

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛː/
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• US: /ɪmˈpɛɹ/
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• Australian: /ɪmˈpeə/
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• Australian: /ɪmˈpeː/
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English impairen, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, from Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from in- + Late Latin peiōrāre (“worsen”), from peiōrem (“worse”), comparative of malus (“bad”).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَضْعَفَ (ʔaḍʕafa) — have a diminishing effect on
• Arabic: دَهْوَرَ (dahwara) — have a diminishing effect on
• Bulgarian: намалявам (namaljavam) — have a diminishing effect on
• Bulgarian: отслабвам (otslabvam) — have a diminishing effect on
• Cherokee: ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ (ayosdodi) — have a diminishing effect on
• Dutch: beschadigen — have a diminishing effect on
• Dutch: verzwakken — have a diminishing effect on
• Dutch: verslechteren — have a diminishing effect on
• Finnish: haitata — have a diminishing effect on
• Finnish: heikentää — have a diminishing effect on
• French: détériorer — have a diminishing effect on
• French: abîmer — have a diminishing effect on
• French: affaiblir — have a diminishing effect on
• French: affecter — have a diminishing effect on
• French: altérer — have a diminishing effect on
• French: impacter — have a diminishing effect on
• German: beeinträchtigen — have a diminishing effect on
• German: schädigen — have a diminishing effect on
• German: beschädigen — have a diminishing effect on
• German: schwächen — have a diminishing effect on
• German: vermindern — have a diminishing effect on
• German: verschlechtern — have a diminishing effect on
• German: schmälern — have a diminishing effect on
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan) — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: ront — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: elront — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: rongál — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: megrongál — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: károsít — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: csorbít — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: gyengít — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: meggyengít — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: csökkent — have a diminishing effect on
• Hungarian: megrendít — have a diminishing effect on
• Ido: domajar — have a diminishing effect on
• Māori: whakahauā — have a diminishing effect on
• Portuguese: prejudicar — have a diminishing effect on
• Portuguese: enfraquecer — have a diminishing effect on
• Portuguese: diminuir — have a diminishing effect on
• Portuguese: empiorar — have a diminishing effect on
• Portuguese: piorar — have a diminishing effect on
• Romanian: afecta — have a diminishing effect on
• Romanian: diminua — have a diminishing effect on
• Romanian: deteriora — have a diminishing effect on
• Russian: ослабля́ть (oslabljátʹ) — have a diminishing effect on
• Russian: ослабевать (oslabevatʹ) — have a diminishing effect on
• Spanish: deteriorar — have a diminishing effect on
• Spanish: empeorar — have a diminishing effect on
• Spanish: descomponer — have a diminishing effect on
• Spanish: mermar — have a diminishing effect on
• Turkish: azaltmak — have a diminishing effect on
• Turkish: kötüleştirmek — have a diminishing effect on
• Turkish: zarar vermek — have a diminishing effect on
• Turkish: zayıflatmak — have a diminishing effect on
• Turkish: sınırlamak — have a diminishing effect on