immutable

English

Etymology

From French, ultimately from Latin immutabilis (“unchangable”); im- +‎ mutable

Adjective

immutable (not comparable)

1. Unable to be changed without exception.

   The government has enacted an immutable law.

2. (programming, of a variable) Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially, such as a constant.

Antonyms

• mutable
• nonimmutable

Translations

unable to be changed without exception

Czech: nezměnitelný (cs) m. German: unveränderbar (de), unveränderlich (de) Japanese: 不変の (ふへんの, fuhen no) Romanian: imuabil

Russian: неизменный (ru) (nʲe.iz.mʲeˈn.nɨj), непреложный (ru) (nʲe.prʲe.loˈʐ.nɨj), постоянный (ru) (pə.stə.jæˈn.nɨj)

Noun

immutable (plural immutables)

1. Something that cannot be changed.

Anagrams

• multibeam

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French

Adjective

immutable (epicene, plural immutables)

1. immutable
2. (programming) immutable