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English
Etymology
From Middle English inconstant, inconstante, inconstaunte, from Middle French inconstant and its etymon, Latin incōnstāns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inconstant (comparative more inconstant, superlative most inconstant)
- Not constant; wavering.
- Unfaithful to a lover.
Derived terms
Translations
not constant
- Bulgarian: непостоянен (bg) (nepostojanen), колеблив (bg) (kolebliv)
- Catalan: inconstant (ca)
- Finnish: muuttuva (fi), vaihteleva (fi), epävakaa (fi)
- French: volubile (fr), inconstant (fr)
- Greek: ασταθής (el) (astathís), άστατος (el) m (ástatos)
- Ido: nekonstanta (io), variema (io)
- Irish: luaineach
- Italian: incostante (it), discontinuo (it), volubile (it)
- Latin: incōnstāns, mūtābilis, miscīx, īnstabilis, lūbricus, volāticus, mōbilis (la), maritimus, flexibilis, dēvius
- Maltese: qluqi
- Manx: neuhaanagh, kirkinagh, anhickyr, anchinjagh, frittagh
- Portuguese: inconstante (pt)
- Romanian: inconstant (ro), variabil (ro), nestatornic (ro), neconstant (rare)
- Russian: непостоя́нный (ru) (nepostojánnyj), изме́нчивый (ru) (izménčivyj)
- Woiwurrung: moor-moor-ween
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Catalan
Etymology
From in- + constant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inconstant m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconstants)
- inconstant
- Antonym: constant
Further reading
- “inconstant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007
- “inconstant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “inconstant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inconstant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From in- + constant.
Adjective
inconstant (feminine inconstante, masculine plural inconstants, feminine plural inconstantes)
- inconstant
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French inconstant. Equivalent to in- + constant.
Adjective
inconstant m or n (feminine singular inconstantă, masculine plural inconstanți, feminine and neuter plural inconstante)
- inconstant
Declension