invalid
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭn-vă'lĭd, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
invalid (comparative more invalid, superlative most invalid)
- Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
- Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning.
- This invalid contract cannot be legally enforced.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
not valid
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Etymology 2
From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭn'və-lĭd, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.və.lɪd/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
invalid (plural invalids)
- (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
- (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
- (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
Translations
person with a handicap or disability
sick person
Adjective
invalid (not comparable)
- Intended for use by an invalid.
Related terms
Verb
invalid (third-person singular simple present invalids, present participle invaliding, simple past and past participle invalided)
- (Britain, transitive) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.
- He was invalided home after the car crash.
- (transitive) To make invalid or affect with disease.
German
Adjective
invalid (not comparable)
- invalid (confined to home or bed because of illness or disability)
Declension
Declension of invalid
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist invalid | sie ist invalid | es ist invalid | sie sind invalid | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | invalider | invalide | invalides | invalide |
genitive | invaliden | invalider | invaliden | invalider | |
dative | invalidem | invalider | invalidem | invaliden | |
accusative | invaliden | invalide | invalides | invalide | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der invalide | die invalide | das invalide | die invaliden |
genitive | des invaliden | der invaliden | des invaliden | der invaliden | |
dative | dem invaliden | der invaliden | dem invaliden | den invaliden | |
accusative | den invaliden | die invalide | das invalide | die invaliden | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein invalider | eine invalide | ein invalides | (keine) invaliden |
genitive | eines invaliden | einer invaliden | eines invaliden | (keiner) invaliden | |
dative | einem invaliden | einer invaliden | einem invaliden | (keinen) invaliden | |
accusative | einen invaliden | eine invalide | ein invalides | (keine) invaliden |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inʋǎliːd/
- Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid
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