unbreakable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ break +‎ -able.

Adjective

unbreakable (comparative more unbreakable, superlative most unbreakable)

1. Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.

   unbreakable comb

   Hypernym: tough

2. (figurative) Resilient.

   the unbreakable spirit of the rebels

3. (of a horse) Not able to be broken in.

Antonyms

• breakable
• fragile

Derived terms

• sticks in a bundle are unbreakable
• unbreakability
• unbreakableness
• unbreakably

 

Related terms

• unbroken

Translations

difficult or impossible to break

• Bulgarian: нечуплив (bg) (nečupliv)
• Danish: ubrydelig
• Finnish: rikkoutumaton
• French: incassable (fr)
• German: unzerbrechlich (de)
• Greek: άθραυστος (el) (áthrafstos)

  Ancient: ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos), (Epic, poetic) ἀαγής (aagḗs)

• Hungarian: törhetetlen (hu)
• Italian: infrangibile (it)
• Latin: infragilis
• Manx: do-vrishey
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uknuselig

• Occitan: incopable, imbresable
• Portuguese: inquebrável (pt)
• Spanish: irrompible (es)
• Swedish: okrossbar (sv)
• Turkish: kırılmaz (tr)
• Ukrainian: незла́мний (nezlámnyj), нерозри́вний (nerozrývnyj)

(figuratively) resilient

• Ukrainian: незла́мний (nezlámnyj)

See also

• (horses or rebels): free-spirited, indominable, invincible, willful

Noun

unbreakable (plural unbreakables)

1. Something that cannot be broken.