insalubre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsalūbris. By surface analysis, in- +‎ salubre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.səˈlu.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.səˈlu.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.saˈlu.bɾe]

Adjective

insalubre m or f (masculine and feminine plural insalubres)

1. unhealthy, insalubrious

French

Etymology

From Latin īnsalūbris; in- +‎ salubre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sa.lybʁ/

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Adjective

insalubre (plural insalubres)

1. insalubrious, unhealthful

Derived terms

• insalubrement
• insalubrité

Further reading

• “insalubre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin insalūbris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈsa.lu.bre/, (traditional) /in.saˈlu.bre/
• Rhymes: -alubre, (traditional) -ubre
• Hyphenation: in‧sà‧lu‧bre, (traditional) in‧sa‧lù‧bre

Adjective

insalubre (plural insalubri)

1. unhealthy, insalubrious

   Synonyms: dannoso, malsano, nocivo, pernicioso

   Antonyms: salubre, salutare, (literary) salutevole, (obsolete) salutifero, sano

Derived terms

• insalubremente
• insalubrità

Further reading

• insalubre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsalūbris. By surface analysis, in- +‎ salubre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.saˈlu.bɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.saˈlu.bɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.saˈlu.bɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sɐˈlu.bɾɨ/ [ĩ.sɐˈlu.βɾɨ]

• Rhymes: -ubɾi, -ubɾɨ
• Hyphenation: in‧sa‧lu‧bre

Adjective

insalubre m or f (plural insalubres, comparable, comparative mais insalubre, superlative o mais insalubre or insalubérrimo)

1. unhealthy; insalubrious (conducive to poor health)

   Antonym: salubre

Further reading

• “insalubre”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “insalubre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “insalubre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “insalubre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnsalūbris; in- +‎ salubre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insaˈlubɾe/ [ĩn.saˈlu.β̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -ubɾe
• Syllabification: in‧sa‧lu‧bre

Adjective

insalubre m or f (masculine and feminine plural insalubres)

1. unhealthy, insanitary, unsanitary, insalubrious

   Synonym: malsano

   Antonym: salubre

Derived terms

• insalubridad

Further reading

• “insalubre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10