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English
Etymology
From Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from ir- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”), from refūtō (“to refute”) + -bilis (“-able”), equivalent to ir- + refutable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbəl/, /ˌɪɹəˈfjuːtəbəl/
- (rare) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɛfjətəbəl/, /ɪˈɹɛfjuːtəbəl/
Adjective
irrefutable (comparative more irrefutable, superlative most irrefutable)
- undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted
- Antonym: refutable
Translations
undeniable, unable to be disproved
- Armenian: անհերքելի (hy) (anherkʻeli)
- Azerbaijani: təkzibedilməz
- Belarusian: неабве́ржны (njeabvjéržny)
- Bulgarian: неоспорим (bg) (neosporim)
- Catalan: irrefutable (ca)
- Czech: nevyvratitelný m, nezvratný m
- Danish: uigendrivelig
- Dutch: onweerlegbaar (nl)
- Esperanto: nerefutebla
- Finnish: kiistaton (fi), kiistämätön (fi)
- French: irréfutable (fr), irréfragable (fr)
- Galician: irrefutábel (gl)
- Georgian: უცილობელი (ucilobeli), უდავო (udavo), დაურღვეველი (daurɣveveli), შეუდავებელი (šeudavebeli)
- German: unwiderlegbar (de)
- Greek: αδιάψευστος (el) (adiápsefstos)
- Hungarian: megcáfolhatatlan (hu), megdönthetetlen (hu)
- Ido: nerefutebla (io)
- Irish: dobhréagnaithe
- Italian: irrefutabile (it)
- Macedonian: непобитен (nepobiten), несоборлив (nesoborliv)
- Manx: neuarganeagh
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ubestridelig, udiskutabel
- Polish: niepodważalny (pl)
- Portuguese: irrefutável (pt)
- Russian: неопровержи́мый (ru) (neoproveržímyj), бесспо́рный (ru) (besspórnyj), несомне́нный (ru) (nesomnénnyj)
- Spanish: irrefutable (es), irrebatible (es)
- Swedish: obestridlig (sv), ovedersäglig (sv)
- Ukrainian: незапере́чний (nezaperéčnyj)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /irefuˈtable/
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: i‧rre‧fu‧ta‧ble
Adjective
irrefutable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irrefutables)
- irrefutable
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