immutable

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French, ultimately from Latin immutabilis (“unchangable”); im- +‎ mutable

AdjectiveEdit

immutable (not comparable)

1. Unable to be changed without exception.

   The government has enacted an immutable law.

2. (programming, of a variable) Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.

   Constants are immutable.

AntonymsEdit

• mutable
• nonimmutable

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• strongly immutable

• weakly immutable

TranslationsEdit

unable to be changed without exception

• Czech: nezměnitelný m
• German: unveränderbar (de), unveränderlich (de)
• Japanese: 不変の (ja) (ふへんの, fuhen no)
• Portuguese: imutável (pt)
• Romanian: imuabil (ro)

• Russian: неизме́нный (ru) (neizménnyj), непрело́жный (ru) (neprelóžnyj), постоя́нный (ru) (postojánnyj)
• Spanish: inmutable (es)
• Swedish: oföränderlig (sv)
• Turkish: değişmez (tr), sabit (tr)

NounEdit

immutable (plural immutables)

1. Something that cannot be changed.

AnagramsEdit

• multibeam

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FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

immutable (plural immutables)

1. immutable
2. (programming) immutable

Further readingEdit

• “immutable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).