Dictionary

impeccable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ɪmˈpɛkəbəl/

Etymology

From Middle French impeccable, from Latin impeccabilis (“not liable to sin”), from im- (“not”) + peccare (“to err, to sin”).

Meanings

1. Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors
   • The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote. 1821–1822, William Hazlitt, “(please specify the essay name)”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Warren; Henry Colburn and Co.:
   • He grew up in Norway, but he writes impeccable English.
2. Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
   • It was easy for James V to imprison Lady Glamis, but actually convicting her was far more difficult; her character was impeccable and she was highly respected by all who knew her.

Forms

Deriveds

impeccableness · impeccability · impeccably

Relateds

peccant · peccable

Synonyms

flawless

Translations (65)

de fehlerfrei (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · sv fläckfri (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · fr impeccable (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · sv oantastlig (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · de untadelig (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · nl onberispelijk (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · ur بے عیب (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · bg безупречен (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · sv ofelbar (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · de tadellos (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · fr impeccable (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · mk непогрешлив (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · sl brezmadežen (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · fi rikkeetön (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · es impecable (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · cs dokonalý (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · it impeccabile (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · el αναμάρτητος (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · fi nuhteeton (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · ar مَعْصُوم (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · is lýtalaus (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · hu makulátlan (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · ur معصُوم (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · uk безгрішний (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · ur معصُوم (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · cs neposkvrněný (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · de unfehlbar (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · ru безукори́зненный (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · bg безукорен (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · ml കുറ്റമറ്റ (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · ru непогреши́мый (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · hu kifogástalan (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · ca impecable (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · pl bezgrzeszny (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · ar مَعْصُوم (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · de makellos (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · mk беспрекорен (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · ru безупре́чный (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · cmn 無懈可擊 /无懈可击 (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · mk безгрешен (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · de makellos (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · uk бездоганний (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · es impecable (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · el τέλειος (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · hu hibátlan (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · cs bezúhonný (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · fi moitteeton (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · ar كَامِل (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · ca impecable (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · de einwandfrei (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · cs bezvadný (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · cmn 無瑕 /无瑕 (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · sl popoln (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · nl zondeloos (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · pl nieskazitelny (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · uk непорочний (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · fi virheetön (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · ru безгре́шный (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · cs bezchybný (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · pt impecável (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · sl brezhiben (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · ml കുറ്റമറ്റ (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · sl brezhiben (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate) · el άψογος (Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors) · hu feddhetetlen (Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate)