impair

== English == === Alternative forms === empair (obsolete, rare) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɛə(ɹ)/, /ɪmˈpɛː(ɹ)/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɛɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeə(ɹ)/, /ɪmˈpeː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) === Verb === impair (third-person singular simple present impairs, present participle impairing, simple past and past participle impaired) (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on. (intransitive, archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:hinder ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === impair (comparative more impair, superlative most impair) (obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable. === Noun === impair (plural impair or impairs) (obsolete) The act of impairing or deteriorating. (obsolete) The fact of being impaired or having grown worse. (obsolete) An impairment or deterioration. === Further reading === “impair”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impair”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “impair”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin impār. By surface analysis, im- +‎ pair. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pɛʁ/ === Adjective === impair (feminine impaire, masculine plural impairs, feminine plural impaires) (arithmetic) odd (not divisible by two) Antonym: pair nombre impair ― odd number 3 est un nombre impair. ― 3 is an odd number. (mathematical analysis) odd Antonym: pair fonction impaire ― odd function === Noun === impair m (plural impairs) (informal) blunder Synonyms: faux pas, maladresse commettre un impair ― to make a blunder === Further reading === “impair”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === primai