Meanings
adjectiveimpeccable (comparative more impeccable, superlative most impeccable)
comparative more impeccable · superlative most impeccable
- Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors
He grew up in Norway, but he writes impeccable English.
1 more example
The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.
1821–1822, William Hazlitt, “(please specify the essay name)”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Warren; Henry Colburn and Co. - Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
It was easy for James V to imprison Lady Glamis, but actually convicting her was far more difficult; her character was impeccable and she was highly respected by all who knew her.
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectivewithout fault or error
adjectivenot capable of sin
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimpeccabilis“not liable to sin”
- Middle Frenchimpeccable
- Englishimpeccable
From Middle French impeccable, from Latin impeccabilis (“not liable to sin”), from im- (“not”) + peccare (“to err, to sin”).
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Arabic مَعْصُوم, كَامِل
- مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- كَامِل (kāmil)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm)Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Bulgarian безупречен, безукорен
- безупречен (bezuprečen)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- безукорен (bezukoren)Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Catalan impecable, impecable
- impecablePerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- impecableIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Chinese Mandarin 無瑕 /无瑕, 無懈可擊 /无懈可击
- 無瑕 /无瑕 (wúxiá)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- 無懈可擊 /无懈可击 (wúxièkějī)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
Czech bezvadný, dokonalý
- bezvadnýPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- dokonalýPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- bezchybnýPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- bezúhonnýIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
- neposkvrněnýIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Dutch onberispelijk, zondeloos
- onberispelijkPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- zondeloosIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Finnish virheetön, moitteeton
- virheetönPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- moitteetonPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- nuhteetonIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
- rikkeetönIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
French impeccable, impeccable
- impeccablePerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- impeccableIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
German makellos, einwandfrei
- makellosPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- einwandfreiPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- tadellosPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- fehlerfreiPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- unfehlbarIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
- untadeligIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
- makellosIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Greek άψογος, τέλειος
- άψογος (ápsogos)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- τέλειος (téleios)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- αναμάρτητος (anamártitos)Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Hungarian kifogástalan, hibátlan
- kifogástalanPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- hibátlanPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- makulátlanIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
- feddhetetlenIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Icelandic lýtalaus
- lýtalausPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
Italian impeccabile
- impeccabilePerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
Polish nieskazitelny, bezgrzeszny
- nieskazitelnyPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- bezgrzesznyIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Portuguese impecável
- impecávelPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
Russian безупре́чный, безукори́зненный
- безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- безукори́зненный (bezukoríznennyj)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- непогреши́мый (nepogrešímyj)Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
- безгре́шный (bezgréšnyj)Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Spanish impecable, impecable
- impecablePerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- impecableIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Swedish fläckfri, oantastlig
- fläckfriPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- oantastligPerfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- ofelbarIncapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Ukrainian бездоганний, безгрішний
- бездоганний (bezdohannyj)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- безгрішний (bezhrišnyj)Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
- непорочний (neporočnyj)Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
Urdu معصُوم, بے عیب
- معصُوم (masoom)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- بے عیب (bay aib)Perfect, having no faults, flaws or errors
- معصُوم (masoom)Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
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