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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

irretrievable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- English retrieve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English retrievable English irretrievable From ir- + retrievable.

Meanings

  1. Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable
    • an irretrievable loss
    • But, having hung him, you cannot unhang him. With all your liability to err, you dare to take a step, which, if wrong at all, is infinitely so, because irretrievable. 1844, The Western Law Journal, volume 2, page 272:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more irretrievable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most irretrievable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

irretrievably · irretrievableness

Translations (11)

az qaytarılmaz (not retrievable) · nl niet meer ongedaan te maken (not retrievable) · bg невъзвратим (not retrievable) · fr irréparable (not retrievable) · fr irrécupérable (not retrievable) · bg непоправим (not retrievable) · fr irrécouvrable (not retrievable) · pl niepowetowany (not retrievable) · fr irrémédiable (not retrievable) · fi peruuttamaton (not retrievable) · nl onherstelbaar (not retrievable)