irrefutable

See also: irréfutable

English

WOTD – 26 July 2010

Etymology

From Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from ir- (“not”) +‎ refūtābilis (“refutable”), from refūtō (“to refute”) +‎ -bilis (“-able”), equivalent to ir- +‎ refutable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbəl/, /ˌɪɹəˈfjuːtəbəl/

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• (rare) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛfjətəbəl/, /ɪˈɹɛfjuːtəbəl/

Adjective

irrefutable (comparative more irrefutable, superlative most irrefutable)

1. undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted

   Antonym: refutable

Translations

undeniable, unable to be disproved

• Armenian: անհերքելի (hy) (anherkʻeli)
• Azerbaijani: təkzibedilməz
• Belarusian: неабве́ржны (njeabvjéržny)
• Bulgarian: неоспорим (bg) (neosporim)
• Catalan: irrefutable (ca)
• Czech: nevyvratitelný m
• Danish: uigendrivelig
• Dutch: onweerlegbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: nerefutebla
• Finnish: kiistaton (fi), kiistämätön (fi)
• French: irréfutable (fr), irréfragable (fr)
• Galician: irrefutábel (gl)
• Georgian: უცილობელი (ucilobeli), უდავო (udavo), დაურღვეველი (daurɣveveli), შეუდავებელი (šeudavebeli)
• German: unwiderlegbar (de)
• Greek: αδιάψευστος (el) (adiápsefstos)
• Hungarian: megcáfolhatatlan (hu), megdönthetetlen (hu)
• Ido: nerefutebla (io)
• Irish: dobhréagnaithe
• Italian: irrefutabile (it)
• Macedonian: непобитен (nepobiten), несоборлив (nesoborliv)
• Manx: neuarganeagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ubestridelig, udiskutabel

• Polish: niepodważalny (pl)
• Portuguese: irrefutável (pt)
• Russian: неопровержи́мый (ru) (neoproveržímyj), бесспо́рный (ru) (besspórnyj), несомне́нный (ru) (nesomnénnyj)
• Spanish: irrefutable (es), irrebatible (es)
• Swedish: obestridlig (sv), ovedersäglig (sv)
• Ukrainian: незапере́чний (nezaperéčnyj)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /irefuˈtable/ [i.re.fuˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧rre‧fu‧ta‧ble

Adjective

irrefutable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irrefutables)

1. irrefutable

Derived terms

• irrefutablemente

 

Related terms

• refutar

 

Further reading

• “irrefutable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014