invincible

English

Etymology

From Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) + vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈvɪns.ɪbl̩/, X-SAMPA: /In"vIns.Ibl=/

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• Rhymes: -ɪbl̩

Noun

invincible (usually uncountable; plural invincibles)

1. Someone or something that cannot be defeated, destroyed or killed.

Antonyms

• vincible

Translations

that which cannot be defeated

• Armenian: անհաղթ (hy) (anhaġt')
• Catalan: invencible (ca)
• Dutch: onoverwinnelijke n
• French: invincible (fr)
• Greek: ανίκητος (el) (aníkitos) m
• Hungarian: legyőzhetetlen (hu)
• Icelandic: ósigrandi (is)
• Japanese: 無敵 (muteki)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نه‌به‌ز

• Polish: niezwyciężony m, niezwyciężona f
• Portuguese: invencível (pt) m
• Spanish: invencible (es)
• Turkish: yenilmez (tr)

Adjective

invincible (not comparable)

1. Impossible to defeat, destroy or kill.

Synonyms

• unconquerable

Antonyms

• conquerable
• vincible

Translations

not possible to defeat

• Catalan: invencible (ca)
• Czech: neporazitelný (cs) m
• Dutch: onoverwinnelijk, onoverwinnelijke
• Esperanto: nevenkebla (eo)
• Finnish: voittamaton (fi)
• French: invincible (fr)
• German: unbesiegbar (de)
• Greek: αήττητος (el) (aíttitos)

  Ancient: ἀδάμας (adamas)

• Italian: invincibile m/f, imbattibile m/f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نه‌به‌ز

• Norwegian: uovervinnelig (no)
• Polish: niezwyciężony m, niezwyciężona f
• Russian: непобедимый (ru) (nepobedimyj)
• Spanish: invencible (es) m and f
• Swedish: oövervinnerlig
• Turkish: yenilmez (tr)

External links

• invincible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• invincible in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• invincible at OneLook Dictionary Search