adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈkliːn/
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rhymes with -iːn
CMU ARPABET:AH0 N K L IY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Dirty, soiled or foul.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Not moral or chaste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
dirty unswept sidewalks
a child in dirty overalls
dirty slums
piles of dirty dishes
put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
wore an unclean shirt
mining is a dirty job
Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dirty, soiled
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws-Leviticus 11:3
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
unclean meat
and the swine...is unclean to you
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impure
Antonyms: clean
History
Etymology
From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
мръсен
(mrǎsen)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Catalan:
brut
— dirty, soiled or foul
Danish:
urenlig
— dirty, soiled or foul
Dutch:
onrein
— dirty, soiled or foul
Estonian:
must
— dirty, soiled or foul
Estonian:
räpane
— dirty, soiled or foul
Finnish:
likainen
— dirty, soiled or foul
Finnish:
epäpuhdas
— dirty, soiled or foul
Gothic:
𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃
(unhrains)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Gothic:
𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃
(gawamms)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Ancient Greek:
ἀκάθαρτος
(akáthartos)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Irish:
neamhghlan
— dirty, soiled or foul
Latin:
impūrus
— dirty, soiled or foul
Latvian:
netīrs
— dirty, soiled or foul
Manx:
neuglen
— dirty, soiled or foul
Māori:
poke
— dirty, soiled or foul
Māori:
paru
— dirty, soiled or foul
Māori:
paruparu
— dirty, soiled or foul
Māori:
maniheko
— dirty, soiled or foul
Norwegian Bokmål:
ureinslig
— dirty, soiled or foul
Norwegian Bokmål:
urenslig
— dirty, soiled or foul
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ureinsleg
— dirty, soiled or foul
Pashto:
سخا
(sxâ)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Pashto:
خيرن
(xirën)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Plautdietsch:
orrein
— dirty, soiled or foul
Polish:
nieczysty
— dirty, soiled or foul
Portuguese:
sujo
— dirty, soiled or foul
Rapa Nui:
havahava
— dirty, soiled or foul
Romanian:
murdar
— dirty, soiled or foul
Russian:
нечи́стый
(nečístyj)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Russian:
гря́зный
(grjáznyj)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Serbo-Croatian:
нѐчист
— dirty, soiled or foul
Serbo-Croatian:
пр̏љав
— dirty, soiled or foul
Serbo-Croatian:
nèčist
— dirty, soiled or foul
Serbo-Croatian:
pȑljav
— dirty, soiled or foul
Sundanese:
lolo
— dirty, soiled or foul
Swedish:
smutsig
— dirty, soiled or foul
Swedish:
oren
— dirty, soiled or foul
Ottoman Turkish:
پیس
(pis)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Ottoman Turkish:
مردار
(murdar)
— dirty, soiled or foul
Bulgarian:
неморален
(nemoralen)
— not moral or chaste
Catalan:
impur
— not moral or chaste
Maore Comorian:
-a peu
— not moral or chaste
Dutch:
onrein
— not moral or chaste
Estonian:
räpane
— not moral or chaste
Finnish:
likainen
— not moral or chaste
French:
impur
— not moral or chaste
German:
unrein
— not moral or chaste
Ancient Greek:
ἀκάθαρτος
(akáthartos)
— not moral or chaste
Latvian:
nešķīsts
— not moral or chaste
Latvian:
neķītrs
— not moral or chaste
Pashto:
سخا
(sxâ)
— not moral or chaste
Plautdietsch:
orrein
— not moral or chaste
Polish:
nieczysty
— not moral or chaste
Portuguese:
impuro
— not moral or chaste
Romanian:
imoral
— not moral or chaste
Romanian:
necurat
— not moral or chaste
Russian:
амора́льный
(amorálʹnyj)
— not moral or chaste
Russian:
непристо́йный
(nepristójnyj)
— not moral or chaste
Russian:
гря́зный
(grjáznyj)
— not moral or chaste
Russian:
по́шлый
(póšlyj)
— not moral or chaste
Swedish:
oren
— not moral or chaste
Swedish:
snuskig
— not moral or chaste
Bulgarian:
нечестив
(nečestiv)
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Maore Comorian:
-a ntsama
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Dutch:
onrein
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Finnish:
saastainen
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Finnish:
epäpuhdas
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
French:
impur
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
German:
unrein
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
German:
gemein
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Ancient Greek:
κοινός
(koinós)
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Hebrew:
טָמֵא
(tamé)
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Hungarian:
tisztátalan
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Plautdietsch:
orrein
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Polish:
nieczysty
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Swahili:
-chafu
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
Swahili:
najisi
— ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit