indiscernible

indiscernible

English

Etymology

in- +‎ discern +‎ -ible

Adjective

indiscernible (comparative more indiscernible, superlative most indiscernible)

1. Not capable of being discerned, of being perceived.
   • 1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope, ch. 28:

     The details of the room were indiscernible, lost in yellowish shadow.

2. Not capable of being distinguished from something else.

Derived terms

• indiscernibleness
• indiscernibility
• indiscernibly

Translations

Not capable of being discerned

Bulgarian: неразличим (bg) (nerazličim), неотличим (neotličim) Irish: dofheicthe (to the eye)

Noun

indiscernible (plural indiscernibles)

1. (chiefly philosophy) Something which is incapable of being discerned.

Derived terms

• identity of indiscernibles

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Spanish

Adjective

indiscernible (plural indiscernibles)

1. indiscernible

Further reading

• “indiscernible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014