im-

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

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

im-

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

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]

• MI, mi, mi.

im-

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

   ‎im- + ‎perdible → ‎imperdible

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

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

im-

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

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From Latin in (“without”).

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

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im-

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

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

• mi-

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

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

1. about, around, peri-

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

1. great, very

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

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

• IPA^(key): /im/
• Hyphenation: im-

im-

1. alternative form of in-

• -mi, MI, mi

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

im-

1. alternative form of in-

im-

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

• em- (before syllables with open vowels)

Compare Southern Ohlone men-.

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 of nim-

Learned borrowing from Latin im-.

• IPA^(key): /im/
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
• Homophone: im

im-

1. im-, en-

   ‎im- + ‎moralizm → ‎immoralizm

• im- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

im-

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

im-

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

• “im-”, in Diccionario 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 of in- used before stems beginning with a labial consonant.

im-

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

ím-

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

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