inexplicable

English

Etymology

From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicabilis, from in- (“not”) +‎ explicabilis (“explicable”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/, /ɪnˈɛk.splɪ.kə.bəl/

Adjective

inexplicable (comparative more inexplicable, superlative most inexplicable)

Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

Synonyms

Antonyms

explicable
See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Derived terms

Translations

impossible to explain

Albanian: i pashpjegueshëm (sq)
Asturian: inesplicable
Catalan: inexplicable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不能說明的, 不能说明的 (bùnéng shuōmíng de)
Czech: nevysvětlitelný (cs) m
Danish: uforklarlig
Esperanto: neklarigebla
Finnish: selittämätön, käsittämätön (fi)
French: inexplicable (fr)
Galician: inexplicable (gl), inexplicábel (gl)
German: unerklärlich
Greek: ανεξήγητος (el) (anexígitos)
Ancient: δύσφραστος (dúsphrastos)
Italian: inspiegabile (it), incomprensibile (it), inesplicabile (it)

Japanese: 割り切れない (warikirenai), 不可解な (fukakai na), 説明がつかない (ja) (setsumei ga tsukanai)
Latin: inēnōdābilis
Lithuanian: nesuprantamas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uforklarlig

Nynorsk: uforklarleg, uforklårleg
Occitan: inexplicable
Portuguese: inexplicável (pt)
Romanian: inexplicabil (ro) m or n, inexplicabilă f, neexplicabil m or n
Russian: необъясни́мый (ru) (neobʺjasnímyj)
Spanish: inexplicable
Swedish: oförklarlig (sv)
Thai: ที่อธิบายไม่ได้ (têe atíbaai mâi dâai)
Turkish: açıklanamaz
Welsh: anesboniadwy (cy)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inexplicābilis.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.əks.pliˈka.blə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.eks.pliˈka.ble/
Rhymes: -aβle

Adjective

inexplicable (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

inexplicable

Antonyms

explicable

Derived terms

inexplicablemente

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ explicable

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.nɛk.spli.kabl/

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

inexplicable, unexplainable

Antonyms

explicable

Further reading

“inexplicable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

inexplicábel

Etymology

From Latin inexplicābilis.

Adjective

inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)

inexplicable, unexplainable

Antonyms

explicable

Derived terms

inexplicablemente

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inexplicābilis.

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

inexplicable, unexplainable

Antonyms

explicable

Derived terms

inexplicablemente

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