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immune

  • /ɪˈmjuːn/ US

Rhymes with -uːn

Where it comes from

From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).

adjective more immune · most immune

  1. usually, with "from" Exempt; not subject to. As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution.
  2. usually, with "to" Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens. I am immune to chicken pox.
  3. broadly Not vulnerable. Alas, he was immune to my charms.
  4. Of or pertaining to immunity. immune system

Similar: -proof, exempt, immune, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, protected, resistant, unaffectable, unsusceptible · Opposite: susceptible, vulnerable, affectable, nonimmune

noun immunes

  1. A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes.

verb immunes · immuning · immuned

  1. rare, transitive To make immune. In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: resistant, exempt, unsusceptible, insusceptible, unaffected, safe, secure, except, unassailable, impervious, impermeable, invulnerable, uncaring, unresponsive, insensitive, free

adjective

Similar: -proof, exempt, immune, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, protected, resistant, unaffectable, unsusceptible · Opposite: susceptible, vulnerable, affectable, nonimmune

Translations

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adj of or pertaining to the immune system

Españolinmunológico, inmunitario
Portuguêsimunológico
Françaisimmunologique, immunitaire
Italianoimmunològico

adj exempt from inclusion

Españolinmune
Portuguêsimune, isento

adj protected due to innate resistance to pathogens

Españolinmune
Portuguêsimune
Françaisimmun
Deutschimmun
Italianoimmune
العربيةمَنِيع manīʕ

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@misc{immune_2026,
  title = {immune},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/immune},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}