invincible

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈvɪns.ɪbl̩/, 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)

Japanese: 無敵 (muteki) Kurdish: نه‌به‌ز Polish: niezwyciężony m., niezwyciężona f. Portuguese: invencível (pt) m. Turkish: yenilmez (tr)

Adjective

invincible (not comparable)

1. Impossible to defeat, destroy or kill.

Synonyms

• unconquerable

Antonyms

• conquerable
• vincible

Translations

not possible to defeat

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: نه‌به‌ز Norwegian: uovervinnelig (no) Polish: niezwyciężony m., niezwyciężona f. Russian: непобедимый (ru) 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