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imponderable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪmˈpɑːndəɹəbl/ (US)
• (Midwestern-US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English ponder Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English ponderable English imponderable From im- + ponderable.

Meanings

1. Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
2. Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.

Forms

Deriveds

imponderableness · imponderably

Translations (10)

el αστάθμητος (difficult or impossible to comprehend) · el αστάθμητος (not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight) · es imponderable (not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight) · ru невесо́мый (not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight) · uk неваго́мий (not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight) · de unwägbar (not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight) · de unwägbar (difficult or impossible to comprehend) · de unberechenbar (difficult or impossible to comprehend) · de unkalkulierbar (difficult or impossible to comprehend) · ca imponderable (not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight)

imponderable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪmˈpɑːndəɹəbl/ (US)
• (Midwestern-US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English ponder Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English ponderable English imponderable From im- + ponderable.

Meanings

1. A substance or body, which is not ponderable, i.e., which not does not having a detectable amount of matter or measurable mass. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
2. An imponderable question.
3. A factor that cannot be anticipated.
   • One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have already thrown the towel in or been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express. 2024 July 10, Christian Wolmar, “The future of the rail franchises is certainly uncertain”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 50:

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