adj
Meaning 1
Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
impish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪmpɪʃ/
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
naughtily or annoyingly playful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- teasing and worrying with impish laughter
- a wicked prank
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arch, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English imp Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English impish From imp + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: палав (palav) — mischievous
- Bulgarian: немирен (nemiren) — mischievous
- Catalan: entremaliat — mischievous
- Dutch: ondeugend — mischievous
- Esperanto: petolema — mischievous
- Finnish: ilkikurinen — mischievous
- French: espiègle — mischievous
- French: malicieux — mischievous
- French: mutin — mischievous
- Galician: pillabán — mischievous
- Galician: pícaro — mischievous
- Galician: traveso — mischievous
- Galician: falcatrueiro — mischievous
- Galician: aduaneiro — mischievous
- Galician: traste — mischievous
- Galician: zarapelo — mischievous
- Galician: cazurro — mischievous
- Galician: lagarteiro — mischievous
- Galician: loubán — mischievous
- Galician: raposeiro — mischievous
- Galician: pillo — mischievous
- Galician: zolado — mischievous
- German: schelmisch — mischievous
- German: koboldhaft — mischievous
- German: spitzbübisch — mischievous
- Greek: διαβολικός (diavolikós) — mischievous
- Hungarian: huncut — mischievous
- Hungarian: csintalan — mischievous
- Hungarian: pajkos — mischievous
- Italian: malevolo — mischievous
- Italian: maligno — mischievous
- Latin: diabolullicus — mischievous
- Portuguese: levado — mischievous
- Portuguese: travesso — mischievous
- Spanish: pícaro — mischievous
- Spanish: travieso — mischievous
- Welsh: direidus — mischievous