incalculable
English edit
Etymology edit
in- + calculable
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incalculable (comparative more incalculable, superlative most incalculable)
- (not comparable, mathematics) Impossible to calculate.
- Synonyms: incomputable; see also Thesaurus:incalculable
- (not comparable) Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation.
- Synonyms: innumerable, unimaginable, huge
- The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable.
- (comparable) Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.
- Synonyms: capricious, fickle
- He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
impossible to calculate
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very great or numerous
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of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From in- + calculable.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incalculable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incalculables)
- incalculable
- Antonym: calculable
Further reading edit
- “incalculable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “incalculable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “incalculable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “incalculable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
From in- + calculable.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incalculable (plural incalculables)
- incalculable, innumerable
- Antonym: calculable
Further reading edit
- “incalculable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From in- + calculable.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incalculable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incalculables)
- incalculable
- Antonym: calculable
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “incalculable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014