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imprimatur

See also: imprimátur

English

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WOTD – 19 November 2008

Etymology

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From Latin imprimātur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tə/[1], /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑː.tə/[2], /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑː.tʊə/[3], /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tʊə/, /ɪmˈpɹɪmətə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmɑ.tɚ/, /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈmeɪ.tɚ/, /ɪmpɹɪˈmɑtʊɹ/[4], /ɪmˈpɹɪmətɚ/, /ɪmˈpɹɪmətʊɹ/[5]
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Noun

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imprimatur (plural imprimaturs or imprimantur)

  1. (printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
  2. (by extension) Any mark of official approval.
    Synonyms: approval, authorization, endorsement
    • 1988, New York Times, Gay fiction comes home‎[1]:
      Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination.
    • 2015 March 30, Michael Billington, “Look Back in Anger: how John Osborne liberated theatrical language”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      Even with the imprimatur of Tynan and Hobson, the play was not an instant hit.
    • 2024 May 18, Jane Shaw, “When belief is a business”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 8:
      The author suggests that Grace is hoping to meet at church a respectable marriage candidate who will have the imprimatur of her pastor and the church community.

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References

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  1. ^ “92762”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.“imprimatur”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “imprimatur”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  3. ^ “imprimatur”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  4. ^ “imprimatur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  5. ^ “imprimatur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Noun

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imprimatur n

  1. imprimatur

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin imprimātur (“let it be printed”).

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Noun

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imprimatur m (plural imprimaturs)

  1. imprimatur
    Donner son imprimatur.
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin imprimātur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /imprimatur/
  • Hyphenation: im‧pri‧ma‧tur

Noun

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imprimatur

  1. (Catholicism) imprimatur, an official license to publish or print something.

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Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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imprimātur

  1. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of imprimō
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