imprevisible
See also: imprévisible
English
Adjective
imprevisible (comparative more imprevisible, superlative most imprevisible)
- (rare) unforeseeable
- Antonyms: foreseeable, previsible
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- […] there intervene periods of rest or repose, during which no food is taken, unless it be every now and then from time to time an occasional snack, quick drink or light collation, rendered if not indispensable at least welcome by an unforeseen acceleration of the metabolic exchanges due to circumstances of an imprevisible kind, […]
Catalan
Etymology
From im- + previsible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [im.pɾə.βiˈzib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [im.pɾə.viˈzib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [im.pɾe.viˈzi.ble]
Adjective
imprevisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprevisibles)
- unforeseeable, unpredictable
- 2016 November 9, Ricardo Mir de Francia, “Trump conquista la Casa Blanca”, in El Periódico[3]:
- Amb Trump, el futur és completament imprevisible, però el món hauria d'esperar un canvi fonamental de prioritats.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Antonym: previsible
Further reading
- “imprevisible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From im- + previsible.
Adjective
imprevisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprevisibles)
- unforeseeable, unpredictable
- Antonym: previsible
Derived terms
Further reading
- “imprevisible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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