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impartial

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

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  • 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).

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receptive

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English receptive, receptyue (capable of receiving something; acting as a receptacle), borrowed from Medieval Latin receptivus (capable of receiving something), from Latin receptus (retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received) + -?vus (suffix added to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning ‘doing; related to doing’). Receptus is the perfect passive participle of recipi? (to regain possession, take back; to recapture; to receive; to accept, undertake), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards; again’) + capi? (to capture, catch, take; to take hold, take possession; to take on; to contain, hold; to occupy; to possess; to receive, take in; to comprehend, understand; to captivate, charm) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh?p- (to hold; to seize)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???s?pt?v/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /???s?pt?v/
  • Rhymes: -?pt?v
  • Hyphenation: re?cept?ive

Adjective

receptive (comparative more receptive, superlative most receptive)

  1. Capable of receiving something.
    Antonyms: irreceptive, nonreceptive, unreceptive
  2. Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.
    Synonyms: acceptive, susceptive
    Antonym: unreceptive
  3. (botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile.
  4. (neurology, psychology) Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression.
    Antonym: expressive
  5. (zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.
    Synonym: oestrual

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