inestimable

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Adjective 1.5 References 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• inæstimable (archaic)

[edit] Etymology

From French inestimable, from Latin inaestimābilis, from in (“‘un-”, “not’”) + aestimābilis (“‘estimable’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ĭnĕsʹtĭməbl, IPA: /ɪnˈɛstɪməbl/, SAMPA: /In"EstIm@bl/

[edit] Adjective

inestimable (not comparable)

1. Not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.

   The Voyager spacecraft explored the solar system and continued into the inestimable space beyond.

[edit] References

• “inestimable, a. (n.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

---

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From in- + estimer + -able.

[edit] Adjective

inestimable (epicene, plural inestimables)

1. inestimable