inextricable

inextricable

English

Etymology

From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.

Adjective

inextricable

1. (of a knot etc) Impossible to untie or disentangle.
   • 2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:

     And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism.

2. (of a problem) Impossible to solve.
3. (of a maze etc) Impossible to escape from.

Translations

impossible to untie or disentangle

Bulgarian: заплетен (bg) (zapleten), неразвръзваем (nerazvrǎzvaem) French: inextricable (fr) German: unentwirrbar (de), unablösbar Italian: inestricabile (it) Latin: inextricabilis Russian: не распутывающийся (ne rasputyvajuščijsja), безнадёжно запутанный (beznadjóžno zaputannyj) Spanish: inextricable

impossible to solve

Bulgarian: неразрешим (bg) (nerazrešim) German: unlösbar (de) Russian: неразрешимый (ru) (nerazrešimyj) Swedish: olöslig (sv)

impossible to escape from

Bulgarian: безизходен (bg) (bezizhoden) French: inextricable (fr) German: unentrinnbar (de) Russian: безвыходный (ru) (bezvyxodnyj) Swedish: omöjlig att komma ur

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French

Adjective

inextricable (plural inextricables)

1. inextricable

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Adjective

inextricable (plural inextricables)

1. inextricable

Derived terms

• inextricablemente

Further reading

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