inextricable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.
Adjective[edit]
inextricable
- (of a knot etc) Impossible to untie or disentangle.
- 2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:
- And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism.
- (of a problem) Impossible to solve.
- (of a maze etc) Impossible from which to escape.
- Antonym: extricable
Translations[edit]
impossible to untie or disentangle
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impossible to solve
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impossible to escape from
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin inextrīcābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inextricable (plural inextricables)
- inextricable, impossible to disentangle
- Near-synonym: insoluble
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “inextricable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inextricable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inextricables)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “inextricable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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