different between impart vs impartial

English

Etymology

From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin imparti?, imperti?, from im- (“in”) + Latin parti? (“divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?p???t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Verb

impart (third-person singular simple present imparts, present participle imparting, simple past and past participle imparted)

1. (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).

2. (transitive) To give a part or to share.

   Synonyms: bequeath, bestow, give; see also Thesaurus:give

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VIII, line 440

     Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.
3. (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).

   Synonyms: disclose, tell; see also Thesaurus:announce, Thesaurus:inform

   • 1662, John Dryden, letter to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

     Well may he then to you his cares impart.
4. (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
5. (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
   • c. 1587 Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber

     Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart

Translations

References

• impart at OneLook Dictionary Search
• impart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Primat, arm pit, armpit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impartial. See im- +? partial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p??.??l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)??l

Adjective

impartial (comparative more impartial, superlative most impartial)

1. treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased

   Synonyms: neutral, fair

   Antonyms: partial, biased, unfair

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• primatial

French

Etymology

From in- +? partial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pa?.sjal/

Adjective

impartial (feminine singular impartiale, masculine plural impartiaux, feminine plural impartiales)

1. impartial

Derived terms

• impartialement
• impartialité

Further reading

• “impartial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).