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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“I reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
irreconcilable (comparative more irreconcilable, superlative most irreconcilable)
- Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
- Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
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unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising
- Belarusian: непрыміры́мы (njeprymirýmy)
- Bulgarian: несъвместим (bg) (nesǎvmestim), непримирим (bg) (neprimirim)
- Catalan: irreconciliable
- Danish: uforenelig
- Dutch: onverzoenlijk (nl), irreconciliabel, onverenigbaar (nl)
- Finnish: leppymätön (fi), taipumaton (fi), tinkimätön (fi)
- French: irréconciliable (fr)
- German: unversöhnlich (de), unvereinbar (de), unverträglich
- Hungarian: kibékíthetetlen (hu), összeegyeztethetetlen (hu)
- Italian: irreconciliabile
- Japanese: 和解できない (ja) (wakai dekinai), 憎い (ja) (nikui), 敵対する (ja) (tekitai suru)
- Latin: dissociābilis
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: uforenelig (no), uforenlig, uforsonlig (no)
- Portuguese: irreconciliável m
- Romanian: ireconciliabil (ro) m
- Russian: непримири́мый (ru) (neprimirímyj)
- Spanish: irreconciliable
- Ukrainian: непримири́мий (neprymyrýmyj), непримире́нний (neprymyrénnyj)
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Noun
irreconcilable (plural irreconcilables)
- Something that cannot be reconciled.