invincible
English
Etymology
From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) + vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪbəl
Adjective
invincible (not comparable)
- Impossible to defeat, destroy or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
- Synonyms: unconquerable, undefeatable
- Antonyms: conquerable, defeatable, vincible, weak
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act Expression error: Unrecognized word "i"., scene iii:
- You know our armie is inuincible:
As many circumcized Turkes we haue,
And warlike bands of Chriſtians renyed,
As hath the Ocean or the Terrene ſea
Small drops of water, […]
Translations
impossible to defeat, destroy or kill
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Noun
invincible (plural invincibles)
Translations
someone who cannot be defeated, destroyed or killed
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Further reading
- “invincible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “invincible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “invincible”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Etymology
From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɛ̃.sibl/
- Homophone: invincibles
Adjective
invincible (plural invincibles)
Further reading
- “invincible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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