inconceivable

English

Etymology

in- +‎ conceivable

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bl̩/
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Adjective

inconceivable (comparative more inconceivable, superlative most inconceivable)

Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.
- September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian‎:
  While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.

Antonyms

conceivable

Derived terms

inconceivability
inconceivableness

Translations

unable to be conceived, unbelievable

Asturian: inconcebible
Belarusian: непасці́жны (njepascížny), невыабража́льны (njevyabražálʹny)
Bulgarian: неми́слим (bg) (nemíslim), невъобрази́м (bg) (nevǎobrazím)
Catalan: inconcebible
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不可思議 (zh), 不可思议 (zh) (bùkěsīyì), 難以置信 (zh), 难以置信 (zh) (nányǐzhìxìn)
Czech: nepředstavitelný
Dutch: onvoorstelbaar (nl), ongelofelijk (nl)
Finnish: käsittämätön (fi), uskomaton (fi)
French: inconcevable (fr)
Galician: inconcibible (gl), inconcibíbel (gl)
Georgian: წარმოუდგენელი (c̣armoudgeneli), დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli)
German: unfassbar (de), unfasslich (de), unbegreiflich (de), unglaublich (de), nicht wahrnehmbar
Greek: ακατανόητος (el) (akatanóitos)
Hungarian: elképzelhetetlen (hu), felfoghatatlan (hu), elgondolhatatlan, hihetetlen (hu)
Italian: inconcepibile (it)
Latin: incōgitābilis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utenkelig
Nynorsk: utenkeleg, utenkjeleg
Polish: niepojęty (pl), niewyobrażalny (pl)
Portuguese: inconcebível (pt)
Romanian: neconceptibil, neverosimil (ro), de neconceput, de neînțeles, de nepriceput
Russian: непостижи́мый (ru) (nepostižímyj), немы́слимый (ru) (nemýslimyj), невообрази́мый (ru) (nevoobrazímyj)
Spanish: inconcebible (es)
Swedish: ofattbar (sv), obegriplig (sv)
Tibetan: བསམ་ཡས (bsam yas)
Ukrainian: незбагне́нний (nezbahnénnyj), неми́слимий (nemýslymyj), неуявле́нний (neujavlénnyj)