indestructible

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English

Etymology

From in- +‎ destructible.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

indestructible (not comparable)

Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
Synonyms: undestroyable, undestructable, unbreakable, unruinable, unwreckable

Antonyms

destructible, destroyable, breakable, wreckable, ruinable, fragile (capable of being destroyed)
inconstructible, improducible, unbuildable (incapable of being constructed)

Derived terms

Translations

not destructible

Armenian: անկործան (hy) (ankorcan), անկործանելի (hy) (ankorcaneli)
Belarusian: неразбуральны (njerazburalʹny), непарушны (njeparušny)
Bulgarian: неразбиваем (bg) (nerazbivaem)
Catalan: indestructible (ca)
Czech: nezničitelný
Dutch: onverwoestbaar (nl)
Esperanto: nedetruebla
Finnish: tuhoutumaton (fi)
French: indestructible (fr)
Galician: indestruible
German: unzerstörbar (de), unvernichtbar
Greek: άφθαρτος (el) (áfthartos), ακατάλυτος (el) m (akatálytos), αντίστρεπτος (antístreptos), άθραυστος (el) (áthrafstos), ακατέστρεπτος (akatéstreptos), ανθεκτικός (el) (anthektikós), ακατάστρεπτος (akatástreptos), ακατεδάφιστος (el) (akatedáfistos), άτρωτος (el) (átrotos), ακατανίκητος (el) (akataníkitos)
Ancient: ἀνώλεθρος (anṓlethros), ἀτειρής (ateirḗs), ἀκατάστρεπτος (akatástreptos)
Hindi: अविनाशी (hi) (avināśī)
Hungarian: elpusztíthatatlan (hu)
Italian: indistruttibile (it)
Japanese: 壊せない (ja) (kowasenai), 潰せない (ja) (tsubusenai), びくともしない (bikutomo-shinai), 丈夫な (ja) (jōbu na), 堅い (ja) (katai)
Latin: indēlēbilis
Manx: neuhraartagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: som ikke kan ødelegges (no), uforgjengelig (no), uslitelig
Polish: niezniszczalny (pl)
Portuguese: indestrutível (pt)
Romanian: indestructibil (ro) m or n
Russian: неруши́мый (ru) (nerušímyj), неразруши́мый (ru) (nerazrušímyj)
Spanish: indestructible
Swedish: oförstörbar (sv), outplånlig (sv), oförgänglig
Ukrainian: незнище́нний (neznyščénnyj), незруйно́вний (nezrujnóvnyj)

See also

References

William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “indestructible”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
“indestructible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +‎ destructible.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Adjective

indestructible m or f (masculine and feminine plural indestructibles)

indestructible

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indestructibilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ destructible.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dɛs.tʁyk.tibl/

Adjective

indestructible (plural indestructibles)

indestructible
Antonym: destructible

Further reading

“indestructible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /indestɾuɡˈtible/
Rhymes: -ible
Syllabification: in‧des‧truc‧ti‧ble

Adjective

indestructible m or f (masculine and feminine plural indestructibles)

indestructible
Antonym: destructible

Derived terms

indestructibilidad

Further reading

“indestructible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , December 10 2024

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