FromLatinim-, assimilated form ofin- used beforeb-/p-/m-.

im-

1. Expressing negation;not.

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

• (not):a-,an-,dys-,i-/il-/in-/ir-,mal-,non-,un-

Fromem-, fromOld Frenchem-. Also from laterMiddle Frenchim-, partly by confusion withim- of Latin origin (on which see above).

im-

1. Alternative form of the prefixem-, itself variant ofen-.

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

• MI,mi,mi.

im-

1. Form used before a root beginning with the letterb,m, orp ofin-

   ‎im- + ‎perdible → ‎imperdible

im- (before consonantsi̱-,class III third-person)

1. theindirect object of an active transitive verb

   to him, her, it or them; for him, her, it or them

2. thesubject of an intransitiveaffective verb

   he, she, it or they

3. thedirect 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

• IPA^(key): /amo/

im-

1. (personal prefix, possessive) Used to form the third-person plural possessive of nouns:their

   calli(“house”) →imcal(“their house”)

CompareGerman-um,Englishum-,Dutchom-,Swedishom-,Icelandicum-.

im-

1. (Erzgebirgisch)round,round about
2. (Erzgebirgisch)repeatedly,over again,re-
3. (Erzgebirgisch) in anotherway
4. (Erzgebirgisch) to theground,down,over

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020),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^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand,→ISBN,→OCLC, page46

FromLatinin(“without”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/(always before ab orp, sometimes before amm)
• IPA^(key): /im/(sometimes before am)

• Audio(France (Lyon)):

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im-

1. a form of the prefixin-, used beforeb,m andp

• “im-”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• mi-

FromOld Irishimm-, fromProto-Celtic*ambi-, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰi.

im- (lenites except withm; becomesiom- before broadm)

1. about,around,peri-

im- (intensive particle; lenites except withm; becomesiom- before broad consonant or vowel)

1. great,very

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “im-”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN

Assimilated form ofin-, before b-/p-/m-.

• IPA^(key): /im/
• Hyphenation:im-

im-

1. alternative form ofin-

• -mi,MI,mi

Assimilated form ofin-, before b-/p-/m-.

im-

1. alternative form ofin-

im-

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

• em-(before syllables with open vowels)

CompareSouthern Ohlonemen-.

im-

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

im-

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

• María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s),Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎^[2], Unpublished

im-

1. alternative form ofnim-

Learned borrowing fromLatinim-.

• IPA^(key): /im/
• Rhymes:-im
• Syllabification:im-
• Homophone:im

im-

1. im-,en-

   ‎im- + ‎moralizm → ‎immoralizm

• im- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

im-

1. Allomorph ofin-, used before⟨p⟩ and⟨b⟩.

im-

1. a form of the prefixin-, used beforeb andp

• “im-”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

im-

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

im-

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

ím-

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

• C. M. Doke;B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “im-, in-”, inZulu-English Dictionary,→ISBN: “im-, in-”

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