indelible

WOTD – 26 January 2006    

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈdɛləbl/, X-SAMPA: /In"dEl@bl/

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Etymology

Latin indelebilis "indestructible"

Adjective

indelible (comparative more indelible, superlative most indelible)

1. having the quality of being difficult to remove, wash away, blot out, or efface;

   This ink spot on the contract is indelible.

   This stain on my shirt is indelible.

2. incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.

   That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.

3. incapable of being annulled

Translations

difficult to remove or wash away

• Finnish: lähtemätön (fi), pysyvä (fi)
• Manx: neunaardagh (gv), neuastyrtagh (gv), neuvooghee (gv), do-scryst (gv)
• Polish: (being difficult to remove) nieusuwalny m, (being difficult to wash away) niezmywalny m

• Russian: несмываемый (ru) (nesmyvájemyj) m, нестираемый (ru) (nestirájemyj) m

incapable of being canceled or forgotten

• Finnish: peruuttamaton (fi), lähtemätön (fi), unohtumaton (fi)
• Norwegian: uutslettelig (no)
• Polish: niezatarty m

• Russian: неизгладимый (ru) (neizgladímyj) m, незабываемый (ru) (nezabyvájemyj) m

incapable of being annulled

• Finnish: peruuttamaton (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: onuitwisbaar (nl)
• French: indélébile (fr)
• German: tunauslöschlich (de)
• Italian: indelebile (it) m

• Portuguese: indelével (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: неизбрисив (sh)

  Roman: neizbrisiv (sh)

• Spanish: indeleble