indeclinable

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British, Southern, Standard/ˌɪndɪˈklɑjnəb(ə)l/

adjective

That one cannot decline; unavoidable.

Similar
undeclinable
OriginFrench indéclinable ← Latin indeclinabilis →
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Meanings

adjectiveindeclinable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat one cannot decline; unavoidable.

    He'd planned to work a double shift Friday night, but Gladys Silverman's indeclinable invitation threw a hefty wrench into David's plans.

    1994, Helen R. Myers, To Wed at Christmas, page 101
  2. not comparablegrammarNot grammatically declinable; having no inflections.
nounindeclinable (plural indeclinables)

plural indeclinables

  1. grammarA word that is not grammatically inflected.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
undeclinable
Broader
uninflectableinvariable
Also see
undeclinable

Origin

  1. Latinindeclinabilis
  2. Frenchindéclinable
  3. Englishindeclinable

From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. Equivalent to in- + declinable.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄκλιτος
  • ἄκλιτος (áklitos)not grammatically declinable
Arabic مَبْنِيّ, غَيْرُ مُتَمَكِّنٍ
  • مَبْنِيّ (mabniyy)not grammatically declinable
  • غَيْرُ مُتَمَكِّنٍ (ḡayru mutamakkinin)not grammatically declinable
Bulgarian несклоня́ем
  • несклоня́ем (nesklonjáem)not grammatically declinable
Catalan indeclinable
  • indeclinablenot grammatically declinable
Chinese Mandarin 不變格的 /不变格的
  • 不變格的 /不变格的 (bù biàngé de)not grammatically declinable
Czech nesklonný
  • nesklonnýnot grammatically declinable
Danish ubøjelig
  • ubøjelignot grammatically declinable
Dutch onverbuigbaar
  • onverbuigbaarnot grammatically declinable
Finnish taipumaton
  • taipumatonnot grammatically declinable
French indéclinable
  • indéclinablenot grammatically declinable
German undeklinierbar, indeklinabel
  • undeklinierbarnot grammatically declinable
  • indeklinabelnot grammatically declinable
Greek άκλιτος
  • άκλιτος (áklitos)not grammatically declinable
Hungarian ragozhatatlan
  • ragozhatatlannot grammatically declinable
Icelandic óbeygjanlegur
  • óbeygjanlegurnot grammatically declinable
Italian indeclinabile
  • indeclinabilenot grammatically declinable
Latin indeclinabilis
  • indeclinabilisnot grammatically declinable
Polish nieodmienny
  • nieodmiennynot grammatically declinable
Portuguese invariável, indeclinável
  • invariávelnot grammatically declinable
  • indeclinávelnot grammatically declinable
Russian несклоня́емый
  • несклоня́емый (nesklonjájemyj)not grammatically declinable
Slovak nesklonný
  • nesklonnýnot grammatically declinable
Ukrainian невідмі́нюваний
  • невідмі́нюваний (nevidmínjuvanyj)not grammatically declinable
Yiddish אומבייגעוודיק
  • אומבייגעוודיק (umbeygevdik)not grammatically declinable
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APA

indeclinable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indeclinable

MLA

“indeclinable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indeclinable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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