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Interlingua
Etymology
From English impossible, French impossible, Italian impossìbile, Spanish imposible and Portuguese impossível, all ultimately from Latin impossibilis. Equivalent to im- + possibile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.poˈsi.bi.le/, /im.po.siˈbi.le/
Adjective
impossibile (comparative plus impossibile, superlative le plus impossibile)
- impossible
2012, Sven Frank, Contos in Interlingua, →ISBN, page 43:Le burgomaestro pensava que il esserea quasi impossibilie que iste homine estranie esseva capabile de solver le problema- The burgomaster looked as if it were impossible that this strange person was capable of solving the problem
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin impossibĭlis, im- + possibile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.posˈsi.bi.le/
- Rhymes: -ibile
- Hyphenation: im‧pos‧sì‧bi‧le
Adjective
impossibile (plural impossibili)
- impossible
- inconceivable, absurd
- unbearable, impossible (in the same meaning)
Noun
impossibile m (plural impossibili)
- impossible
- Antonym: possibile
Latin
Adjective
impossibile
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of impossibilis