Meanings
comparative more unbridgeable · superlative most unbridgeable · alternative unbridgable
- Unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span.
The gap between feather-assisted running and feather-assisted flying seemed evolutionarily unbridgeable. But now again the notion of ground-travel aerodynamics is being given some careful thought.
1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot bridgeable
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishbridge
- Englishunbridgeable
Translations
Dutch onoverbrugbaar
- onoverbrugbaarunable to be bridged
German unüberbrückbar, unüberwindlich
- unüberbrückbarunable to be bridged
- unüberwindlichunable to be bridged
Greek αγεφύρωτος
- αγεφύρωτος (agefýrotos)unable to be bridged
Spanish inconciliable
- inconciliableunable to be bridged
Swedish oöverbryggbar, oöverbrygglig
- oöverbryggbarunable to be bridged
- oöverbryggligunable to be bridged
Cite this entry
unbridgeable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbridgeable
“unbridgeable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbridgeable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbridgeable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbridgeable.
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