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English
Etymology
From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicābilis, from in- (“not”) + explicābilis (“explicable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/, /ɪnˈɛk.splɪ.kə.bəl/
Adjective
inexplicable (comparative more inexplicable, superlative most inexplicable)
- Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
- Synonyms: inexplainable, unexplainable, insoluble; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Antonyms: explicable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
1873, Jules Verne, chapter I, in , transl., Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas; , James R. Osgood edition, Boston, Mass.: Geo[rge] M[urray] Smith & Co., →OCLC, part I, page 3:The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.
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Translations
impossible to explain
- Albanian: i pashpjegueshëm (sq)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: inesplicable
- Belarusian: невытлумача́льны (njevytlumačálʹny)
- Bulgarian: необясни́м (bg) (neobjasním)
- Catalan: inexplicable (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不能說明的／不能说明的 (bùnéng shuōmíng de)
- Czech: nevysvětlitelný (cs)
- Danish: uforklarlig
- Dutch: onverklaarbaar (nl)
- Esperanto: neklarigebla
- Finnish: selittämätön, käsittämätön (fi)
- French: inexplicable (fr)
- Galician: inexplicable (gl), inexplicábel (gl)
- German: unerklärlich (de)
- Greek: ανεξήγητος (el) (anexígitos)
- Ancient: δύσφραστος (dúsphrastos)
- Hungarian: megmagyarázhatatlan (hu)
- Icelandic: óútskýranlegur
- Italian: inspiegabile (it), incomprensibile (it), inesplicabile (it)
- Japanese: 割り切れない (わりきれない, warikirenai), 不可解な (ja) (ふかかいな, fukakai na), 説明がつかない (ja) (せつめいがつかない, setsumei ga tsukanai)
- Korean: 불가해하다 (bulgahaehada), 설명할 수 없다 (seolmyeonghal su eopda)
- Latin: inēnōdābilis
- Lithuanian: nesuprantamas
- Macedonian: необјаснив (neobjasniv)
- Manx: neuhoilsheydagh, neureaghee
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: uforklarlig
- Nynorsk: uforklarleg, uforklårleg
- Occitan: inexplicable (oc)
- Old English: unāreccendlīċ
- Polish: niewytłumaczalny (pl)
- Portuguese: inexplicável (pt)
- Romanian: inexplicabil (ro), neexplicabil
- Russian: необъясни́мый (ru) (neobʺjasnímyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: необја̀шњив
- Roman: neobjàšnjiv (sh)
- Slovak: nevysvetliteľný
- Slovene: nerazložljiv
- Spanish: inexplicable
- Swedish: oförklarlig (sv)
- Thai: ที่อธิบายไม่ได้ (tîi à-tí-baai mâi-dâi)
- Turkish: açıklanamaz
- Ukrainian: непоясни́мий (nepojasnýmyj), непоясне́нний (nepojasnénnyj)
- Welsh: anesboniadwy (cy)
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inexplicābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inexplicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)
- inexplicable
- Antonym: explicable
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Further reading
French
Etymology
From Latin inexplicābilis. By surface analysis, in- + explicable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inexplicable (plural inexplicables)
- inexplicable, unexplainable
- Antonym: explicable
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Latin inexplicābilis.
Adjective
inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)
- inexplicable, unexplainable
- Antonym: explicable
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin inexplicābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ineɡspliˈkable/
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: i‧nex‧pli‧ca‧ble
Adjective
inexplicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)
- inexplicable, unexplainable
- Antonym: explicable
Derived terms
Further reading