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French
Etymology
From in- + trouvable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
introuvable (plural introuvables)
- unfindable
- (by extension) unobtainable or nonexistent
1906, George Bernanos, Unpublished correspondences:Mais, ce problème-là, personne ne le résoudra jamais, et c'est folie que de s'obstiner à en chercher l'introuvable solution.- But this problem, no one will ever solve it, and it is madness to persist in seeking an nonexistent solution for it.
- (hyperbolic) elusive, rare
Noun
introuvable m (plural introuvables)
- something that's unobtainable
- chercher l'introuvable ― to seek the unobtainable
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