premature

See also: prématuré, prémature, and prematüre

English

Alternative forms

præmature (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- +‎ mature. Attested circa 1520.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/, /ˈpɹɛ.mə.tjə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/, /ˌpɹi.məˈt͡ʃʊɹ/

Adjective

premature (comparative more premature, superlative most premature)

Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
a premature birth

premature reports of the singer's death
Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial:
  I was lost in reveries of death, and the idea of premature burial held continual possession of my brain.
(informal) Suffering from premature ejaculation.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:premature

Derived terms

Translations

occurring before a state of readiness or maturity

Albanian: parakohshëm (sq)
Belarusian: перадча́сны (pjeradčásny), заўча́сны (zaŭčásny), дача́сны (dačásny)
Bulgarian: преждевре́менен (bg) (preždevrémenen)
Catalan: prematur
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過早的／过早的 (zh) (guòzǎo de), 先期的 (zh) (xiānqī de)
Czech: předčasný (cs)
Dutch: prematuur (nl), voortijdig (nl)
Finnish: ennenaikainen (fi)
French: prématuré (fr)
German: frühreif (de)
Hebrew: טרם לבגרות (térem l'bagrút)
Ingrian: ennenaikain
Irish: réamhaibí (of birth), anabaí (of birth)
Latin: praecox, praecoquus
Macedonian: предвремен (predvremen)
Manx: neuappee
Maranao: bakakaw
Polish: przedwczesny (pl)
Portuguese: prematuro (pt)
Russian: преждевре́менный (ru) (preždevrémennyj)
Slovak: predčasný
Spanish: prematuro
Ukrainian: передча́сний (peredčásnyj), завча́сний (zavčásnyj), доча́сний (dočásnyj)

taking place earlier than anticipated

Albanian: parakohshëm (sq)
Belarusian: перадча́сны (pjeradčásny)
Bulgarian: преждевре́менен (bg) (preždevrémenen)
Catalan: prematur
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過早的／过早的 (zh) (guòzǎo de), 先期的 (zh) (xiānqī de)
Czech: předčasný (cs)
Dutch: voorbarig (nl), prematuur (nl)
Finnish: ennenaikainen (fi)
French: prématuré (fr)
German: vorzeitig (de), verfrüht (de)
Ingrian: ennenaikain
Irish: roimh am
Macedonian: предвремен (predvremen)
Russian: преждевре́менный (ru) (preždevrémennyj)
Slovak: predčasný
Spanish: prematuro
Ukrainian: передча́сний (peredčásnyj)

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Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} پێشوەخت (pêşwext)

Noun

premature (plural prematures)

An infant born prematurely.

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pre.maˈtu.re/
Rhymes: -ure
Hyphenation: pre‧ma‧tù‧re

Adjective

premature

feminine plural of prematuro

Noun

premature f pl

plural of prematura

Anagrams

permutare, premurate

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