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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Zulu impi.
Noun
impie (plural impies)
- impi (a regiment of Zulu warriors)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
impie (plural impies)
- impious, ungodly, unholy
Further reading
Latin
Adjective
impie
- vocative masculine singular of impius
References
- “impie”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impie”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impie in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.