irresistible

irresistible

See also: irrésistible

English

Alternative forms

• irresistable (dated)

Etymology

ir- +‎ resistible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/

Adjective

irresistible (comparative more irresistible, superlative most irresistible)

1. Impossible to resist.
   • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎, page R29:

     Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...

2. Compellingly attractive.

Derived terms

• irresistibility
• irresistibleness
• irresistibly

Translations

not able to be resisted

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Asturian: irresistible Bulgarian: неотразим (bg) (neotrazim), неудържим (bg) (neudǎržim) Catalan: irresistible Chinese: Mandarin: 不可抗拒 (zh) (bùkěkàngjù) Czech: neodolatelný m Dutch: onweerstaanbaar (nl) Finnish: vastustamaton French: irrésistible (fr) Galician: irresistible (gl), irresistíbel (gl) German: unwiderstehlich (de) Greek: ακαταμάχητος (el) (akatamáchitos) Ancient: ἀνυπόστατος (anupóstatos) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: ellenállhatatlan (hu) Italian: irresistibile (it) Japanese: 逆らえない (sakaraenai), 抗えない (aragaenai) Korean: please add this translation if you can Manx: neuhassooagh-noi Maori: mōtohe Norwegian: Bokmål: uimotståelig Nynorsk: uimotståeleg Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: nieodparty (pl) m Portuguese: irresistível (pt) Romanian: irezistibil (ro) m or n Russian: неотрази́мый (ru) (neotrazímyj) Spanish: irresistible Swedish: oemotståndlig (sv) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Asturian

Adjective

irresistible (epicene, plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

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Catalan

Etymology

ir- +‎ resistible

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.rə.zisˈti.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.re.zisˈti.ble/

Adjective

irresistible (masculine and feminine plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblement

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Galician

Alternative forms

• irresistíbel

Adjective

irresistible m or f (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible, resistíbel

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

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Spanish

Etymology

ir- +‎ resistible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iresisˈtible/ [i.re.sisˈt̪i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: i‧rre‧sis‧ti‧ble

Adjective

irresistible (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Further reading

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