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See also: invàlid

English

Etymology 1

in- +‎ valid

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭn-vă'lĭd, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/
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Adjective

invalid (comparative more invalid, superlative most invalid)

  1. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
    Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning.
    This invalid contract cannot be legally enforced.
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Etymology 2

From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”).

Pronunciation

Noun

invalid (plural invalids)

  1. (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
  2. (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
  3. (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
Usage notes

In recent decades, the use of this word to label persons with disabilities gives the impression of invalidation, hence its offensiveness.

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Adjective

invalid (not comparable)

  1. Suffering from disability or illness.
    • 2000, Diane Price Herndl, Invalid Women: Figuring Feminine Illness in American Fiction and Culture, 1840-1940, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 1:
      Invalidism therefore referred to a lack of power as well as a tendency toward illness. It is for this reason that I choose to discuss the invalid woman rather than just the ill one.
  2. Intended for use by an invalid.

Verb

invalid (third-person singular simple present invalids, present participle invaliding, simple past and past participle invalided)

  1. (British, transitive) To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health.
    He was invalided home after the car crash.
    • 1989, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, “Goodbyeee”, in Blackadder Goes Forth:
      Blackadder: Right, Baldrick, this is an old trick I picked up in the Sudan. We tell HQ that I’ve gone insane, and I’ll be invalided back to Blighty before you can say "wibble" — a poor, gormless idiot.
    • 2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 26:33 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any worse...‎, archived from the original on 4 December 2022:
      The Japanese armored cruiser Nisshin has been hit badly. Shells have sheared off several main guns and virtually disarmed the vessel. In the middle of all this, one Ensign Isoroku Yamamoto loses two fingers to the remains of an explosion. If he'd lost a third, he would've been invalided out of military service. Thus, by the retention of a single digit would there be rather large consequences a few decades later on down the line.
  2. (transitive) To make invalid or affect with disease.
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German

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Pronunciation

Adjective

invalid (strong nominative masculine singular invalider, not comparable)

  1. invalid ((permanently) incapable of working, serving in the military etc. due to disability and/or illness)
    Hyponyms: arbeitsunfähig, berufsunfähig, dienstunfähig, erwerbsunfähig

Declension

Positive forms of invalid (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist invalid sie ist invalid es ist invalid sie sind invalid
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative invalider invalide invalides invalide
genitive invaliden invalider invaliden invalider
dative invalidem invalider invalidem invaliden
accusative invaliden invalide invalides invalide
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der invalide die invalide das invalide die invaliden
genitive des invaliden der invaliden des invaliden der invaliden
dative dem invaliden der invaliden dem invaliden den invaliden
accusative den invaliden die invalide das invalide die invaliden
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein invalider eine invalide ein invalides (keine) invaliden
genitive eines invaliden einer invaliden eines invaliden (keiner) invaliden
dative einem invaliden einer invaliden einem invaliden (keinen) invaliden
accusative einen invaliden eine invalide ein invalides (keine) invaliden

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Further reading

  • “invalid” in Duden online
  • “invalide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid

Etymology 1

From Dutch invalide, from French invalide, from Latin invalidus. The sense of invalid is semantic loan from English invalid.

Adjective

invalid

  1. disabled, handicapped.
    Synonyms: cedera, lemah
  2. invalid.
    Synonyms: batal, tidak sah

Etymology 2

From Dutch in +‎ failliet (“bankrupt”).

Adjective

invalid

  1. (colloquial) bankrupt.
    Synonym: bangkrut

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French invalide, from Latin invalidus. Equivalent to in- +‎ valid.

Pronunciation

Adjective

invalid m or n (feminine singular invalidă, masculine plural invalizi, feminine and neuter plural invalide)

  1. crippled, disabled
    Synonyms: infirm, schilod, beteag

Declension

Declension of invalid
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite invalid invalidă invalizi invalide
definite invalidul invalida invalizii invalidele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite invalid invalide invalizi invalide
definite invalidului invalidei invalizilor invalidelor

Noun

invalid m (plural invalizi, feminine equivalent invalidă)

  1. cripple, disabled person
    Synonyms: infirm, schilod

Declension

Declension of invalid
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) invalid invalidul (niște) invalizi invalizii
genitive/dative (unui) invalid invalidului (unor) invalizi invalizilor
vocative invalidule invalizilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inʋǎliːd/
  • Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid

Noun

invàlīd m (Cyrillic spelling инва̀лӣд)

  1. invalid

Declension

Declension of invalid
singular plural
nominative invàlīd invalidi
genitive invalída invalida
dative invalidu invalidima
accusative invalida invalide
vocative invalide invalidi
locative invalidu invalidima
instrumental invalidom invalidima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French invalide. Attested since 1758.

Noun

invalid c

  1. (somewhat dated) a disabled person
    Synonym: funktionshindrad
    krigsinvalider
    disabled war veterans

Declension

Declension of invalid 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative invalid invaliden invalider invaliderna
Genitive invalids invalidens invaliders invalidernas

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References

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