im-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"

English

Etymology 1

From Latin im-, assimilated form of in- used before b-/p-/m-.

Prefix

im-

  1. Expressing negation; not.
Usage notes

Widely used in borrowings (from French and Latin). Somewhat productive (appended as prefix to existing English words).

Synonyms
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with im-

Etymology 2

From em-, from Old French em-. Also from later Middle French im-, partly by confusion with im- of Latin origin (on which see above).

Prefix

im-

  1. Alternative form of the prefix em-, itself variant of en-.
Usage notes

Both used in borrowings (from French and Latin), and productive (appended as prefix to existing English words), as in imbed, imbitter, imbody, imbosom, imbower, imbrown; and similarly impark.[1]

Derived terms
English terms prefixed with im-

References
  1. Skeat, Walter W. (1882) An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Oxford.

Anagrams

Catalan

Prefix

im-

  1. Form used before a root beginning with the letter b, m, or p of in-
    ‎im- + ‎perdible → ‎imperdible

Choctaw

Prefix

im- (before consonants i̱-, class III third-person)

  1. the indirect object of an active transitive verb
    to him, her, it or them; for him, her, it or them
  2. the subject of an intransitive affective verb
    he, she, it or they
  3. the direct object of a small set of transitive verbs mostly dealing with affect, communication and intimacy
    him, her, it or them
  4. indicates possession of a noun
    his, her, its or their
    hattak imofi
    the man's dog

Inflection
Choctaw Person Markers
class I class II class III class N imperative
+s+C+V+C/i+a/o+C+V+C+V+C+V
first-person singular initial -li sa- si- a̱- am- ak- n/a
medial -sa--sam-
paucal ī- il- pi- pi̱- pim- kī- kil-
plural hapi- hapi̱- hapim-
second-person singular is- ish- chi- chi̱- chim- chik- ∅
plural has- hash- hachi- hachi̱- hachim- hachik- ho-oh-
third-person ∅ ∅ i̱- im- ik-

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German -um, English um-, Dutch om-, Swedish om-, Icelandic um-.

Prefix

im-

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) round, round about
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) repeatedly, over again, re-
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) in another way
  4. (Erzgebirgisch) to the ground, down, over

Derived terms

Further reading
  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46:

French

Etymology

From Latin in (“without”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃/ (always before a b or p, sometimes before a mm)
  • IPA(key): /im/ (sometimes before a m)
  • Audio(file)

Prefix

im-

  1. a form of the prefix in-, used before b, m and p

Derived terms
French terms prefixed with im-

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish imm-, from Proto-Celtic *ambi-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

Prefix

im- (lenites except with m; becomes iom- before broad m)

  1. about, around, peri-

Prefix

im- (intensive particle; lenites except with m; becomes iom- before broad consonant or vowel)

  1. great, very

Derived terms
Irish terms prefixed with im-

References

Italian

Etymology

Assimilated form of in-, before b-/p-/m-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /im/
  • Hyphenation: im-

Prefix

im-

  1. Alternative form of in-

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Assimilated form of in-, before b-/p-/m-.

Prefix

im-

  1. Alternative form of in-

Northern Ndebele

Prefix

im-

  1. Class 9 noun prefix; form of in- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.

Northern Ohlone

Alternative forms
  • em- (before syllables with open vowels)

Etymology

Compare Southern Ohlone men-.

Pronoun

im-

  1. you, thou (second-person, singular, subject proclitic pronoun)

Pronoun

im-

  1. your, thy (second-person, singular, possessive pronoun)

See also
Northern Ohlone personal pronouns
Number Person Subject Object Possesive
Disjunctive1 Proclitic
 Enclitic Disjunctive1 Proclitic Enclitic
Singular First kaana ek- -ek, -k kiš, kaaniš kiš- -kiš ek-, kaanak
Second meene em-, im- -em, -im, -m miš emiš-, imiš-, miš- -miš em-, meenem
Third waaka Ø-2 -Ø2 wiš Ø-2, eš- -Ø2, -eš i-, waakai-
Plural First makkin mak- -mak makkiš, makkinše — — mak-, makkinmak
Second makkam kam- -kam makkamše — — kam-, makkam
Third waakamak ya- -ya yaṭiš — — ya-, waakamak
1Disjunctive is mostly used in copular sentences or for emphasis, either alone (eg. kaana) or with a clitic (eg. kaana-k ...-ek).
2Null morpheme. An unmarked verb implies a third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives waaka and wiš may also be used.
Note: Proclitic and enclitic forms can combine an undergo syncope, eg. ellešk (“let me do to him/her/it”) = elle +‎ -eš +‎ -ek

References

María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎, Unpublished

Ojibwe

Prefix

im-

  1. Alternative form of nim-

See also
Ojibwe personal prefixes
stem begins with... 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
Consonants p t k h ch m n s sh w y ni- gi- o-
d g ' j z zh nin-
b nim-
Vowels o nindo- gido- odo-
a aa e i nind- gid- od-
oo n- g-
ii w-

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Latin im-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /im/
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Syllabification: im

Prefix

im-

  1. im-, en-
    ‎im- + ‎moralizm → ‎immoralizm

Derived terms
Polish terms prefixed with im-

Further reading
  • im- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Prefix

im-

  1. a form of the prefix in-, used before b and p

Spanish

Prefix

im-

  1. a form of the prefix in-, used before b and p

Further reading

Swazi

Prefix

im-

  1. Class 9 noun prefix; form of in- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.

Xhosa

Prefix

im-

  1. Class 9 noun prefix; form of in- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.

Zulu

Prefix

ím-

  1. Class 9 noun prefix; form of in- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.

References
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