polluto

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pollūtus, perfect passive participle of polluō (“to soil, pollute”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /polˈlu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: pol‧lù‧to

Adjective

polluto (feminine polluta, masculine plural polluti, feminine plural pollute) (literary)

  1. soiled, polluted, defiled
    Synonyms: contaminato, inquinato, insozzato, sporco
    Antonyms: netto, pulito
  2. (figurative) violated, desecrated
    Synonyms: profanato, violato
    Antonyms: intonso, inviolato, puro

Further reading
  • polluto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Participle

pollūtō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pollūtus
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