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English
Etymology
French incompatible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/, /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/
Adjective
incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)
- Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.
- Synonym: irreconcilable
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1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, , volume II, New York, N.Y.: J. and A. M‘Lean, , →OCLC:Courts of equity are in many instances so nice and intricate, that they are incompatible with the genius of trials by jury.
2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com:After the story was published, Hunter stated that the temple's executive committee informed him that such statements were incompatible with being a rabbi.
- (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
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Translations
impossible to coexist; irreconcilable
- Armenian: անհամատեղելի (hy) (anhamateġeli)
- Bulgarian: несъвместим (bg) (nesǎvmestim)
- Catalan: incompatible (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不兼容的 (bù jiānróng de), 不相容的 (zh) (bù xiāngróng de)
- Czech: neslučitelný
- Danish: inkompatibel uforenelig
- Dutch: onverenigbaar (nl)
- Finnish: yhteensovittamaton, yhteensopimaton (fi)
- French: incompatible (fr)
- Galician: incompatible (gl), incompatíbel (gl)
- Georgian: შეუთავსებელი (šeutavsebeli)
- German: inkompatibel (de), unvereinbar (de)
- Greek: ασυμβίβαστος (el) (asymvívastos), ασύμβατος (el) (asýmvatos)
- Hungarian: inkompatíbilis, összeegyeztethetetlen (hu)
- Irish: neamhfhreagrach, contrártha
- Italian: incompatibile (it)
- Japanese: 相容れない (ja) (aiirenai)
- Korean: 양립할 수 없는 (yangniphal su eomneun)
- Latin: dissociābilis
- Maori: mataku (mi)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: inkompatibel, uforenlig
- Occitan: incompatible
- Persian: ناسازگار (fa) (nâsâzgâr)
- Polish: niekompatybilny, niezgodny (pl)
- Portuguese: incompatível (pt)
- Romanian: incompatibil (ro)
- Russian: несовмести́мый (ru) (nesovmestímyj)
- Spanish: incompatible (es), malavenido (es)
- Swedish: inkompatibel (sv), oförenlig (sv)
- Turkish: aykırı (tr), bağdaşmayan, bağdaşmaz (tr), uyumsuz (tr)
- Ukrainian: несумі́сний (nesumísnyj)
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See also
Noun
incompatible (plural incompatibles)
- (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
- the incompatibles of iron
- (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
2004, Boethius, translated by Eleonore Stump, In Ciceronis Topica:Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.
Catalan
Etymology
From in- + compatible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Adjective
incompatible (plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Adjective
incompatible m or f (plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonyms: compatible, compatíbel
Further reading
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
incompatible m (feminine singular incompatibla, masculine plural incompatibles, feminine plural incompatiblas)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Derived terms
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 560.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 338.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inkompaˈtible/
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: in‧com‧pa‧ti‧ble
Adjective
incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Further reading