indeterminable

See also: indéterminable

English

Etymology

From Middle French indeterminable, from Late Latin indeterminabilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

indeterminable (comparative more indeterminable, superlative most indeterminable)

1. That is incapable of being measured.
2. That is incapable of being ascertained.

Derived terms

• indeterminableness
• indeterminably

Translations

incapable of being measured

• Portuguese: imensurável (pt)

incapable of being ascertained

• Catalan: indeterminable
• French: indéterminable (fr)
• Italian: indeterminabile
• Portuguese: indeterminável, indefinível
• Spanish: indeterminable

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• French: ^{(please verify)} indéterminable (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} imprecisabile, ^{(please verify)} indeterminabile
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} neuhoiaghagh

Noun

indeterminable (plural indeterminables)

1. An indeterminable thing or quantity.

Antonyms

• determinable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-lbor.

Spanish in-

Spanish determinar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish determinable

Spanish indeterminable

From in- + determinable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indeteɾmiˈnable/ [ĩn̪.d̪e.t̪eɾ.miˈna.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: in‧de‧ter‧mi‧na‧ble

Adjective

indeterminable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indeterminables)

1. indeterminable

Further reading

• “indeterminable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026