inexplicable
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicābilis, from in- (“not”) + explicābilis (“explicable”).
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Adjective edit
inexplicable (comparative more inexplicable, superlative most inexplicable)
- Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
- Synonyms: inexplainable, unexplainable, insoluble; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Antonyms: explicable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
- 1873, Jules Verne, chapter I, in [anonymous], transl., Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas; […], James R. Osgood edition, Boston, Mass.: Geo[rge] M[urray] Smith & Co., →OCLC, part I, page 3:
- The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.
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impossible to explain
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin inexplicābilis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.əks.pliˈkab.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [in.eks.pliˈka.ble]
- Rhymes: -abblə, -able
Adjective edit
inexplicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)
- inexplicable
- Antonym: explicable
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Further reading edit
- “inexplicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inexplicable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “inexplicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inexplicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin inexplicābilis. By surface analysis, in- + explicable.
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inexplicable (plural inexplicables)
- inexplicable, unexplainable
- Antonym: explicable
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Further reading edit
- “inexplicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology edit
From Latin inexplicābilis.
Adjective edit
inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)
- inexplicable, unexplainable
- Antonym: explicable
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin inexplicābilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
inexplicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)
- inexplicable, unexplainable
- Antonym: explicable
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Further reading edit
- “inexplicable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014