limpid

English

WOTD – 1 June 2006

Etymology

From French limpide, from Latin limpidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmpɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪmpɪd

Adjective

limpid (comparative more limpid, superlative most limpid)

1. Clear, transparent or bright.

   The limpid glass doors reveal the living room clearly from the dining room.

   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     He had a soft honey-coloured moustache and the limpid gaze of an entirely stupid man.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:limpid.

Related terms

• limpidity
• limpidly
• limpidness

Translations

clear

• Arabic: قَرَاح (qarāḥ) (archaic)
• Armenian: պայծառ (hy) (paycaṙ)
• Bulgarian: бистър (bg) (bistǎr), прозрачен (bg) (prozračen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澄明的 (chéngmíng de)

• Czech: čirý (cs)
• Dutch: duidelijk (nl), helder (nl), limpide (nl), begrijpelijk (nl)
• Finnish: kirkas (fi)
• French: limpide (fr)
• German: klar (de), durchsichtig (de)
• Greek: διαφανής (el) (diafanís)
• Hebrew: צלול (he)
• Hungarian: áttetsző (hu), tiszta (hu), átlátszó (hu)
• Ido: limpida (io)
• Irish: glé
• Italian: limpido (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: geş (ku), ron (ku), zelal (ku)

• Latin: limpidus
• Manx: sullyr
• Maori: toari
• Persian: زلال (fa) (zlâl)
• Portuguese: límpido (pt)
• Punjabi: ਸਾਫ (pa) (sāph), ਸਪਸ਼ਟ (pa) (sapśaṭ)
• Romanian: limpede (ro)
• Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj)
• Spanish: límpido (es)
• Swedish: klar (sv), genomskinlig (sv)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• limpidu, limpidi, limpide, limbid, limbit

Etymology

From Latin limpidus. Compare Romanian limpede.

Adjective

limpid m (feminine limpidã, masculine plural limpidz, feminine plural limpidi or limpide)

1. clear

Derived terms

• limpidzãscu
• limpidzãmi

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limpidus or French limpide or Italian limpido. Doublet of limpede.

Adjective

limpid m or n (feminine singular limpidă, masculine plural limpizi, feminine and neuter plural limpide)

1. clear, limpid, transparent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	limpid		limpidă		limpizi	limpide
	definite	limpidul		limpida		limpizii	limpidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	limpid		limpide		limpizi	limpide
	definite	limpidului		limpidei		limpizilor	limpidelor