English

Prefix

im-

1. Expressing negation; not.

Derived terms

Usage notes

Widely used in borrowings (from French and Latin), and productive.

Etymology 2

From em-, from Old French em-, and 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-.

Derived terms

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]

See also

References

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

Catalan

Prefix

im-

1. Form used before a root beginning with the letter b, m, or p of in-

French

Prefix

im-

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

Irish

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

References

• "im-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im/

Prefix

im-

1. Alternative form of in-

Latin

Etymology

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

Prefix

im-

1. Alternative form of in-

Portuguese

Prefix

im-

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

Spanish

Prefix

im-

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

Zulu

Prefix

im- ‎(full noun prefix, basic form m-)

1. Class 9 noun prefix.

Usage notes

The form im- is used before stems beginning with a labial consonant (m, b or p); in- is used in other cases.

See also