Standard Lemma guide

impolite

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ɪmpəˈlaɪt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P AH0 L AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discourteous, uncivil, rude, unpolite

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not polite

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: polite

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impolītus. Equivalent to im- + polite.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَقِح (waqiḥ) — not polite
  • Armenian: անքաղաքավարի (ankʻaġakʻavari) — not polite
  • Azerbaijani: kobud — not polite
  • Azerbaijani: köntöy — not polite
  • Bulgarian: неучтив (neučtiv) — not polite
  • Catalan: groller — not polite
  • Catalan: descortès — not polite
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不禮貌 /不礼貌 (bù lǐmào) — not polite
  • Czech: nezdvořilý — not polite
  • Estonian: ebaviisakas — not polite
  • Estonian: kohatu — not polite
  • Finnish: epäkohtelias — not polite
  • French: impoli — not polite
  • French: malpoli — not polite
  • German: unhöflich — not polite
  • Greek: αγενής (agenís) — not polite
  • Hungarian: udvariatlan — not polite
  • Icelandic: ókurteis — not polite
  • Irish: drochbhéasach — not polite
  • Italian: scortese — not polite
  • Italian: maleducato — not polite
  • Italian: rude — not polite
  • Japanese: 失礼な (shitsurei na) — not polite
  • Japanese: 無礼な (burei na) — not polite
  • Macedonian: не́учтив (néučtiv) — not polite
  • Malayalam: മര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത (maryādayillātta) — not polite
  • Manx: meechooyrtoil — not polite
  • Manx: neuellynagh — not polite
  • Manx: neuveasagh — not polite
  • Māori: āhuaatua — not polite
  • Māori: pakirara — not polite
  • Norman: malpoli — not polite
  • Norwegian: uhøflig — not polite
  • Pashto: شډل (šaḍal) — not polite
  • Pashto: بدمخی (badmëxay) — not polite
  • Persian: بیادب (bi-adab) — not polite
  • Plautdietsch: onheeflich — not polite
  • Polish: nieuprzejmy — not polite
  • Polish: grubiański — not polite
  • Polish: chamski — not polite
  • Portuguese: indelicado — not polite
  • Portuguese: impolido — not polite
  • Russian: неве́жливый (nevéžlivyj) — not polite
  • Swedish: oartig — not polite
  • Tày: bộp bạp — not polite
  • Ottoman Turkish: تربیهسز (terbiyesiz) — not polite
  • Ukrainian: нече́мний (nečémnyj) — not polite
  • Ukrainian: неґре́чний (negréčnyj) — not polite
  • Ukrainian: невві́чливий (nevvíčlyvyj) — not polite
  • Ukrainian: гру́бий (hrúbyj) — not polite
  • Walloon: måpoli — not polite
  • Walloon: måhonteus — not polite
  • Walloon: ossu poli k' ene casrole di scroufier — not polite