inviolable

English

Etymology

From Latin inviolabilis.

Adjective

inviolable (comparative more inviolable, superlative most inviolable)

1. Not violable; not susceptible of violence, or of being profaned or corrupted; incapable of being injured; not to be infringed or dishonoured.

Synonyms

• durable
• holy
• invincible
• sacred
• sacrosanct
• unassailable
• unbreakable

Translations

not violable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可侵犯 (cmn) (bùkě qīnfàn)

• Dutch: onschendbaar (nl)
• Finnish: loukkaamaton (fi), koskematon (fi)
• French: inviolable (fr)
• German: unantastbar (de), unverletzlich (de)

• Japanese: 不可侵の (ja) (ふかしんの, fukashin no)
• Macedonian: неповредлив (mk) (nepóvredliv)
• Russian: нерушимый (ru) (nerušímyj) , неприкосновенный (ru) (neprikosnovénnyj) 
• Spanish: inviolable (es)

Derived terms

• inviolability
• inviolableness
• inviolably

References

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

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French

Adjective

inviolable (masculine and feminine, plural inviolables)

1. inviolable

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Spanish

Adjective

inviolable m and f (plural inviolables)

1. inviolable