inextinguible
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French inextinguible and its source, Latin inextinguibilis.
Adjective
editinextinguible (comparative more inextinguible, superlative most inextinguible)
- (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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin inextinguibilis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editinextinguible (plural inextinguibles)
- inextinguishable
- (figuratively) unquenchable; uncontrollable, unstoppable
- une soif inextinguible ― an unquenchable thirst
- un rire inextinguible ― an inextinguishable laugh
Further reading
edit- “inextinguible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editAlternative forms
editAdjective
editinextinguible m or f (plural inextinguibles)
- inextinguishable
- Synonyms: inapagable, inapagábel
- Antonyms: apagable, apagábel, extinguible, extinguíbel
Further reading
edit- “inextinguible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
editAdjective
editinextinguible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inextinguibles)
- inextinguishable
- Synonym: inapagable
- Antonyms: apagable, extinguible
Further reading
edit- “inextinguible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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