incalculable

English

Etymology

in- +‎ calculable

Adjective

incalculable (comparative more incalculable, superlative most incalculable)

1. (not comparable) Too great or numerous to be computed.

   The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable.

2. (not comparable, mathematics) Impossible to calculate.
3. (comparable) Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.

   He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment.

Synonyms

• (very great or numerous): huge
• (impossible to calculate): incomputable; see also Thesaurus:incalculable
• (of a person's mood or character, impossible to predict): capricious, fickle

Antonyms

• (very great or numerous): tiny
• (impossible to calculate): calculable

Related terms

• incalculability
• incalculably

Translations

very great or numerous

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• Catalan: incalculable (ca)
• French: incalculable (fr)
• Galician: incalculable (gl), incalculábel (gl)
• German: unschätzbar (de)
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• Greek: ανυπολόγιστος (el) (anypológistos)
• Italian: incalcolabile (it)
• Japanese: 計り知れない (ja) (hakarisirenai), 桁外れの (ketahazure no), 莫大な (ja) (bakudai na), 膨大な (ja) (bōdai na)
• Portuguese: incalculável
• Spanish: incalculable (es)

impossible to calculate

• Catalan: incalculable (ca)
• French: incalculable (fr)
• Galician: incalculable (gl), incalculábel (gl)
• German: unabsehbar (de), unkalkulierbar (de)
• Italian: incalcolabile (it)
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• Japanese: 計れない (ja) (hakarenai), 桁外れの (ketahazure no), 箆棒な (berabō na)
• Portuguese: incalculável
• Spanish: incalculable (es)
• Swedish: oberäknelig (sv)

of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict

• Japanese: 気紛れな (kimagure na)
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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kal.ky.labl/

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Adjective

incalculable (plural incalculables)

1. incalculable

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Adjective

incalculable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incalculables)

1. incalculable