incommunicable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *n̥--

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English communicable

English incommunicable

From in- + communicable.

Adjective

incommunicable (comparative more incommunicable, superlative most incommunicable)

1. (of a disease etc) That cannot be communicated or transmitted
2. (of a person) Who does not communicate freely; uncommunicative or reserved

Antonyms

• communicable

Derived terms

• incommunicableness
• incommunicably

Related terms

• incommunicability

Translations

not communicable

• Catalan: incomunicable
• French: incommunicable (fr)
• Greek: αμετάδοτος (el) (ametádotos)
• Spanish: incomunicable (es)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.my.ni.kabl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

incommunicable (plural incommunicables)

1. incommunicable

Further reading

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