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indeclinable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɪndɪˈklɑjnəb(ə)l/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. Equivalent to in- + declinable.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That one cannot decline; unavoidable.
    • He'd planned to work a double shift Friday night, but Gladys Silverman's indeclinable invitation threw a hefty wrench into David's plans. 1994, Helen R. Myers, To Wed at Christmas, page 101:
  2. (not-comparable, of a word) Not grammatically declinable; having no inflections.

Deriveds

indeclinableness · indeclinably

Hypernyms

uninflectable · invariable

Synonyms

undeclinable

Translations (33)

uk невідмі́нюваний (not grammatically declinable) · yi אומבייגעוודיק (not grammatically declinable) · grc ἄκλιτος (not grammatically declinable) · pl nieodmienny (not grammatically declinable) · ca indeclinable (not grammatically declinable) · sh nesklònjiv (not grammatically declinable) · cs nesklonný (not grammatically declinable) · bg несклоня́ем (not grammatically declinable) · de undeklinierbar (not grammatically declinable) · be нескланя́льны (not grammatically declinable) · izh painumatoin (not grammatically declinable) · pt indeclinável (not grammatically declinable) · sh и̏ндеклинабӣлан (not grammatically declinable) · sh нескло̀њив (not grammatically declinable) · cmn 不變格的 /不变格的 (not grammatically declinable) · el άκλιτος (not grammatically declinable) · sh ȉndeklinabīlan (not grammatically declinable) · da ubøjelig (not grammatically declinable) · fi taipumaton (not grammatically declinable) · ar غَيْرُ مُتَمَكِّنٍ (not grammatically declinable) · it indeclinabile (not grammatically declinable) · ang undeclīniġendlīċ (not grammatically declinable) · fr indéclinable (not grammatically declinable) · nl onverbuigbaar (not grammatically declinable) · de indeklinabel (not grammatically declinable) · sk nesklonný (not grammatically declinable) · la indeclinabilis (not grammatically declinable) · is óbeygjanlegur (not grammatically declinable) · ru несклоня́емый (not grammatically declinable) · hu ragozhatatlan (not grammatically declinable) · nrf îndêclyinnabl'ye (not grammatically declinable) · ar مَبْنِيٌّ (not grammatically declinable) · pt invariável (not grammatically declinable)

indeclinable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɪndɪˈklɑjnəb(ə)l/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. Equivalent to in- + declinable.

Meanings

  1. A word that is not grammatically inflected.

Forms

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