inextricable

English

Etymology

From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.

Adjective

inextricable

(of a knot etc) Impossible to untie or disentangle.
(of a problem) Impossible to solve.
(of a maze etc) Impossible to escape from.

Translations

impossible to untie or disentangle

Bulgarian: заплетен (bg) (zapleten), неразвръзваем (nerazvrǎzvaem)
French: inextricable (fr)
German: unentwirrbar
Italian: inestricabile (it)

Latin: inextricabilis
Russian: не распутывающийся (ne rasputyvajuščijsja)

impossible to solve

Bulgarian: неразрешим (bg) (nerazrešim)
Swedish: olöslig (sv)

impossible to escape from

Bulgarian: безизходен (bg) (bezizhoden)
French: inextricable (fr)

Swedish: omöjlig att komma ur

French

Adjective

inextricable (plural inextricables)

inextricable

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

inextricable (plural inextricables)

inextricable

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