Meanings
- not comparableIncapable of being divided; atomic.
one indivisible point of time
1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC1 more example
Although the mainland and Taiwan are yet to be reunited, they belong to one and same China, which is an indivisible whole.
2014 [2013 June 13], Xi Jinping, “Handle Cross-Straits Relations in the Overall Interests of the Chinese Nation”, in The Governance of China, volume I, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/xijinpingthegovernanceofchinavolume1/page/n260
plural indivisibles
- That which cannot be divided or split.
By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies.
1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: […] Gilles Blaizot, →OCLC1 more example
The compoſition of Bodies, whether it be of Diviſibles or Indiviſibles, is a queſtion which must be rank'd with the Indiſſolvibles: For though it hath been attempted by the moſt illuſtrious Wits of all Philoſophick Ages; yet they have done little elſe, but ſhewn their own diviſions to be almoſt as infinite, as ſome ſuppoſe thoſe of their Subject.
1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter V, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 53 - geometryAn infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “incapable of being divided, arithmetic”
antonym(s) of “incapable of being combined”
adjectiveimpossible of undergoing division
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinindivisibilis
- Middle Frenchindivisible
- Englishindivisible
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis. Equivalent to in- + divisible.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀμέριστος, ἀμερής
- ἀμέριστος (améristos)incapable of being divided
- ἀμερής (amerḗs)incapable of being divided
Bulgarian неделим, неделим
- неделим (nedelim)incapable of being divided
- неделим (nedelim)incapable of being divided by a specific integer
Catalan indivisible, indivís
- indivisibleincapable of being divided
- indivísincapable of being divided
- indivísincapable of being divided by a specific integer
Dutch ondeelbaar
- ondeelbaarincapable of being divided
Finnish jakamaton, jaoton
- jakamatonincapable of being divided
- jaotonincapable of being divided by a specific integer
French indivisible
- indivisibleincapable of being divided by a specific integer
German unteilbar, unteilbar
- unteilbarincapable of being divided
- unteilbarincapable of being divided by a specific integer
Greek αδιαίρετος
- αδιαίρετος (adiaíretos)incapable of being divided
Hindi अभाज्य, अभेद्य
- अभाज्य (abhājya)incapable of being divided
- अभेद्य (abhedya)incapable of being divided
- अभाज्य (abhājya)incapable of being divided by a specific integer
Hungarian oszthatatlan, nem osztható
- oszthatatlanincapable of being divided
- nem oszthatóincapable of being divided by a specific integer
Icelandic ódeilanlegur, ódeilanlegur
- ódeilanlegurincapable of being divided
- ódeilanlegurincapable of being divided by a specific integer
Irish doroinnte
- doroinnteincapable of being divided
Italian indivisible
- indivisibleincapable of being divided
Japanese 分割できない, 分けられない
- 分割できない (bunkatsu dekinai)incapable of being divided
- 分けられない (wakerarenai)incapable of being divided
- 割れない 不可分の (warenai)incapable of being divided
- 割り切れない (warikirenai)incapable of being divided by a specific integer
Polish niepodzielny
- niepodzielnyincapable of being divided by a specific integer
Portuguese indivisível
- indivisívelincapable of being divided
Russian недели́мый, нераздели́мый
- недели́мый (nedelímyj)incapable of being divided
- нераздели́мый (nerazdelímyj)incapable of being divided
- неразложи́мый (nerazložímyj)incapable of being divided
- недели́мый (nedelímyj)incapable of being divided by a specific integer
Scottish Gaelic do-roinn
- do-roinnincapable of being divided
Spanish indivisible, indiviso
- indivisibleincapable of being divided
- indivisoincapable of being divided
Swedish odelbar, odelbar
- odelbarincapable of being divided
- odelbarincapable of being divided by a specific integer
Welsh diwahân, anwahanadwy
- diwahânincapable of being divided
- anwahanadwyincapable of being divided
Cite this entry
indivisible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indivisible
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