inestimable

English

Alternative forms

• inæstimable (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈnɛːs.tɪ.mə.bəl/

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

References

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

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French

Etymology

From in- + estimer + -able.

Adjective

inestimable (epicene, plural inestimables)

1. inestimable