incompatible

English

Etymology

From French incompatible.

Adjective

incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)

1. Of two things: impossible to coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
2. (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

Antonyms

• compatible

Derived terms

• incompatibly
• incompatibility

Translations

irreconcilable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不兼容的 (cmn) (bù jiānróng de), 不相容的 (cmn) (bù xiāngróng de)

• Czech: neslučitelný (cs) m
• Dutch: onverenigbaar (nl)
• Finnish: yhteensovittamaton, yhteensopimaton
• French: incompatible (fr)
• German: inkompatibel (de)
• Greek: ασυμβίβαστος (el) (asymvívastos) m

• Hungarian: inkompatíbilis (hu)
• Italian: incompatibile (it)
• Korean: 양립할 수 없는 (ko)
• Norwegian: inkompatibel (no)
• Persian: ناسازگار (fa) (nâsâzgâr)
• Portuguese: incompatível
• Russian: несовместимый (ru) (nesovmestímyj)
• Spanish: incompatible (es)
• Swedish: oförenlig, inkompatibel

Noun

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

1. (medicine, chemistry, chiefly plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.

   the incompatibles of iron

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French

Adjective

incompatible (masculine and feminine, plural incompatibles)

1. Incompatible.

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Spanish

Adjective

incompatible m and f (plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible