inextinguible

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inextinguible and its source, Latin inextinguibilis.

Adjective

inextinguible (comparative more inextinguible, superlative most inextinguible)

1. (obsolete) Inextinguishable. [15th–17th c.]
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:

     Cornelius Drible [hath made] a perpetual motion, inextinguible lights, linum non ardens, with many such feats […]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inextinguibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛk.stɛ̃.ɡibl/

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Adjective

inextinguible (plural inextinguibles)

1. inextinguishable
2. (figuratively) unquenchable; uncontrollable, unstoppable

   une soif inextinguible ― an unquenchable thirst

   un rire inextinguible ― an inextinguishable laugh

Further reading

• “inextinguible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• inextinguíbel

Adjective

inextinguible m or f (plural inextinguibles)

1. inextinguishable

   Synonyms: inapagable, inapagábel

   Antonyms: apagable, apagábel, extinguible, extinguíbel

Further reading

• “inextinguible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Adjective

inextinguible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inextinguibles)

1. inextinguishable

   Synonym: inapagable

   Antonyms: apagable, extinguible

Further reading

• “inextinguible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10