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incomparable

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. Equivalent to in- +‎ comparable.

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Adjective edit

incomparable (comparative more incomparable, superlative most incomparable)

  1. So much better than another as to be beyond comparison.
    Synonyms: matchless, unsurpassed
    • c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, edited by Robert Baldwin Ross, De Profundis, published 1909, page 112:
      I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
  2. (rare) Not able to be compared.
    Synonyms: noncomparable, uncomparable
    Antonym: comparable

Usage notes edit

  • Using more or most with incomparable, though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread.
  • Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as so and very.

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Translations edit

not able to be compared — see uncomparable

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Noun edit

incomparable (plural incomparables)

  1. Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin incomparābilis.

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incomparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incomparables)

  1. uncomparable, incomparable
    Antonym: comparable

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French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin incomparābilis.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl/

Adjective edit

incomparable (plural incomparables)

  1. incomparable; uncomparable
    Antonym: comparable

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Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin incomparābilis.

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incomparable m (feminine singular incomparabla, masculine plural incomparables, feminine plural incomparablas)

  1. uncomparable, incomparable
    Antonym: comparable

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin incomparābilis.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /inkompaˈɾable/ [ĩŋ.kõm.paˈɾa.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: in‧com‧pa‧ra‧ble

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incomparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incomparables)

  1. uncomparable
    Antonym: comparable

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