inseparable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/
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Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable.
Meanings
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Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.
=This detail is one of the reasons which made a single, modern signalbox and the marshalling yard inseparable features in the modernisation of the Perth facilities. A central control point rather than 13 individual boxes, was essential to integrate with other movements the greatly increased flow of freight traffic through the station area.
1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 271:In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […] and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 1:People of unalterable ideas still insisted upon calling him "Sergeant" when they met him, which was in some degree owing to his having still retained the well-shaped moustache of his military days, and the soldierly bearing inseparable from his form.
1874, Thomas Hardy, “Coming Home—A Cry”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 99–100:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more inseparable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most inseparable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
separable · unannexable · uncombinable
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (43)
es inseparable (unable to be separated) · ca inseparable (unable to be separated) · lv nešķirams (unable to be separated) · cs nerozlučný (unable to be separated) · de untrennbar (unable to be separated) · nl onscheidbaar (unable to be separated) · lv nenodalāms (unable to be separated) · de unzertrennlich (unable to be separated) · el αδιαχώριστος (unable to be separated) · nb uatskillelig (unable to be separated) · it inseparabile (unable to be separated) · pl nierozłączny (unable to be separated) · hy անբաժան (unable to be separated) · pt inseparável (unable to be separated) · et eraldamatu (unable to be separated) · hu elválaszthatatlan (unable to be separated) · be неразлу́чны (unable to be separated) · ast inseparable (unable to be separated) · bg неразделен (unable to be separated) · cs nerozlučitelný (unable to be separated) · eo nedisigebla (unable to be separated) · ja 不可分の (unable to be separated) · is óaðskiljanlegar (unable to be separated) · hi अभिन्न (unable to be separated) · uk невідді́льний (unable to be separated) · uk нерозлу́чний (unable to be separated) · fi erottamaton (unable to be separated) · gl inseparable (unable to be separated) · mk неразделив (unable to be separated) · sv oskiljaktig (unable to be separated) · ja 切り離せない (unable to be separated) · ja 分離できない (unable to be separated) · ru неразлу́чный (unable to be separated) · fr inséparable (unable to be separated) · sk nerozlučný (unable to be separated) · ang untōdǣledlīċ (unable to be separated) · el αχώριστος (unable to be separated) · ota ملازم (unable to be separated) · ro inseparabil (unable to be separated) · de unteilbar (unable to be separated) · et lahutamatu (unable to be separated) · be неаддзе́льны (unable to be separated) · ru неотдели́мый (unable to be separated)