inaccessible

English

Etymology

From Middle French inaccessible, from Late Latin inaccessibilis, equivalent to in- +‎ accessible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl̩/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

inaccessible (comparative more inaccessible, superlative most inaccessible)

1. Not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.

   Synonym: unaccessible

   Antonym: accessible

   physically inaccessible

   remote and inaccessible

   The village was inaccessible during the winter.

   Much of the archive remains inaccessible to the public.

   • 1642, James Howell, “Section X”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC, pages 132–133:

     [T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]

   • 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin.

2. Not able to be reached; unattainable.

   Synonym: unaccessible

   Antonym: accessible

Derived terms

• Inaccessible Island
• inaccessibleness
• inaccessibly

Translations

not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient

• Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz
• Bulgarian: недостъпен (bg) (nedostǎpen)
• Catalan: inaccessible (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可及 (bùkějí)

• Czech: nedostupný, nepřístupný
• Esperanto: nealirebla
• French: inaccessible (fr)
• Galician: inaccesible (gl), inaccesíbel (gl)
• German: unzugänglich (de)
• Greek: δυσπρόσιτος (el) (dysprósitos), απρόσιτος (el) (aprósitos)

  Ancient Greek: ἄβατος (ábatos)

• Ingrian: looksepääsemätöin
• Irish: doshroichte
• Italian: inaccessibile (it)
• Latin: inaccessus
• Manx: neuroshtynagh, neuventynagh, neuvashtynagh
• Māori: kaiawe
• Polish: niedostępny (pl) m, nieosiągalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: inacessível (pt)
• Romanian: inaccesibil (ro) m or n, neaccesibil m or n
• Russian: недосту́пный (ru) (nedostúpnyj)
• Sassarese: inaccessíbiri
• Spanish: inaccesible (es)
• Swedish: otillgänglig (sv), oåtkomlig (sv)
• Turkish: erişilemez (tr)

not able to be reached; unattainable

• Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz
• Bulgarian: недостижим (bg) (nedostižim)
• Czech: nedostupný, nedosažitelný, nepřístupný
• French: inaccessible (fr)
• German: unerreichbar (de)
• Greek: απρόσιτος (el) (aprósitos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀνέμβατος (anémbatos)

• Ingrian: looksepääsemätöin
• Latin: inaccessus, invius
• Māori: taupae, kaiawe
• Portuguese: inacessível (pt)
• Romanian: inaccesibil (ro), de neatins, neatingibil
• Russian: недосту́пный (ru) (nedostúpnyj)
• Swedish: onåbar, ouppnåelig (sv)
• Turkish: erişilemez (tr)

Noun

inaccessible (plural inaccessibles)

1. (mathematics) An uncountable regular cardinal number that is a limit cardinal.

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin inaccessibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.nək.səˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.nak.seˈsi.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

inaccessible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaccessibles)

1. inaccessible
2. unapproachable

Antonyms

• accessible

Related terms

• accedir
• accés

Further reading

• “inaccessible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inaccessibilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ accessible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nak.sɛ.sibl/ ~ /i.nak.se.sibl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

inaccessible (plural inaccessibles)

1. inaccessible

Further reading

• “inaccessible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012