inexplicable

inexplicable

English

Etymology

From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicābilis, from in- (“not”) +‎ explicābilis (“explicable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/, /ɪnˈɛk.splɪ.kə.bəl/

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Adjective

inexplicable (comparative more inexplicable, superlative most inexplicable)

1. Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

   Synonyms: inexplainable, unexplainable, insoluble; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

   Antonyms: explicable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Derived terms

• inexplicability
• inexplicableness
• inexplicably

 

Translations

impossible to explain

Albanian: i pashpjegueshëm (sq) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Asturian: inesplicable Belarusian: невытлумача́льны (njevytlumačálʹny) Bulgarian: необясни́м (bg) (neobjasním) Catalan: inexplicable (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不能說明的／不能说明的 (bùnéng shuōmíng de) Czech: nevysvětlitelný (cs) Danish: uforklarlig Dutch: onverklaarbaar (nl) Esperanto: neklarigebla Finnish: selittämätön, käsittämätön (fi) French: inexplicable (fr) Galician: inexplicable (gl), inexplicábel (gl) German: unerklärlich Greek: ανεξήγητος (el) (anexígitos) Ancient: δύσφραστος (dúsphrastos) Icelandic: óútskýranlegur Italian: inspiegabile (it), incomprensibile (it), inesplicabile (it) Japanese: 割り切れない (わりきれない, warikirenai), 不可解な (ja) (ふか​かいな, fukakai na), 説明がつかない (ja) (せつめいがつかない, setsumei ga tsukanai) Korean: 불가해하다 (bulgahaehada), 설명할 수없다 (seolmyeonghal su eopda) Latin: inēnōdābilis Lithuanian: nesuprantamas Macedonian: необјаснив (neobjasniv) Manx: neuhoilsheydagh, neureaghee Norwegian: Bokmål: uforklarlig Nynorsk: uforklarleg, uforklårleg Occitan: inexplicable (oc) Old English: unāreccendlīċ Polish: niewytłumaczalny (pl) Portuguese: inexplicável (pt) Romanian: inexplicabil (ro), neexplicabil Russian: необъясни́мый (ru) (neobʺjasnímyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: необја̀шњив Roman: neobjàšnjiv (sh) Slovak: nevysvetliteľný Slovene: nerazložljiv Spanish: inexplicable Swedish: oförklarlig (sv) Thai: ที่อธิบายไม่ได้ (tîi à-tí-baai mâi-dâi) Turkish: açıklanamaz Ukrainian: непоясни́мий (nepojasnýmyj), непоясне́нний (nepojasnénnyj) Welsh: anesboniadwy (cy)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inexplicābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.əks.pliˈka.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.eks.pliˈka.ble/
• Rhymes: -ablə, -able

Adjective

inexplicable (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

• “inexplicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexplicable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Latin inexplicābilis; synchronically, in- +‎ explicable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛk.spli.kabl/

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

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

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Galician

Alternative forms

• inexplicábel

Etymology

From Latin inexplicābilis.

Adjective

inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inexplicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ineɡspliˈkable/ [i.neɣ̞s.pliˈka.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧nex‧pli‧ca‧ble

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente

Further reading

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