invalid
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
invalid (comparative more invalid, superlative most invalid)
- Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
not valid
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
invalid (plural invalids)
- One who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury
- Any person with a disability.
Usage notes [edit]
- The sense of a person confined to home or bed is considered insensitive, outmoded or politically incorrect by some.
Adjective [edit]
invalid (not comparable)
- Intended for use by an invalid.
Derived terms [edit]
Verb [edit]
invalid (third-person singular simple present invalids, present participle invaliding, simple past and past participle invalided)
- (UK) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.
- He was invalided home after the car crash.
German [edit]
Adjective [edit]
invalid (not comparable)
- invalid (confined to home or bed because of illness or disability)
Declension [edit]
Declension of invalid
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist invalid | sie ist invalid | es ist invalid | sie sind invalid | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | invalider | invalide | invalides | invalide |
| genitive | invaliden | invalider | invaliden | invalider | |
| dative | invalidem | invalider | invalidem | invaliden | |
| accusative | invaliden | invalide | invalides | invalide | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der invalide | die invalide | das invalide | die invaliden |
| genitive | des invaliden | der invaliden | des invaliden | der invaliden | |
| dative | dem invaliden | der invaliden | dem invaliden | den invaliden | |
| accusative | den invaliden | die invalide | das invalide | die invaliden | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein invalider | eine invalide | ein invalides | (keine) invaliden |
| genitive | eines invaliden | einer invaliden | eines invaliden | (keiner) invaliden | |
| dative | einem invaliden | einer invaliden | einem invaliden | (keinen) invaliden | |
| accusative | einen invaliden | eine invalide | ein invalides | (keine) invaliden | |
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /inʋǎliːd/
- Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid
Noun [edit]
invàlīd m (Cyrillic spelling инва̀лӣд)
Declension [edit]
declension of invalid
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | invàlīd | invalidi |
| genitive | invalída | invalida |
| dative | invalidu | invalidima |
| accusative | invalida | invalide |
| vocative | invalide | invalidi |
| locative | invalidu | invalidima |
| instrumental | invalidom | invalidima |
