incompatible
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French incompatible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)
- Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences
- 2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com[1]:
- After the story was published, Hunter stated that the temple's executive committee informed him that such statements were incompatible with being a rabbi.
- Synonym: irreconcilable
- (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
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Translations
impossible to coexist; irreconcilable
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Noun
incompatible (plural incompatibles)
- (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
- the incompatibles of iron
- (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
- 2004, Boethius's In Ciceronis Topica, translated by Eleonore Stump
- Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.
- 2004, Boethius's In Ciceronis Topica, translated by Eleonore Stump
Catalan
Etymology
From in- + compatible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [iŋ.kum.pəˈtib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.kom.pəˈtib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kom.paˈti.ble]
Adjective
incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “incompatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Adjective
incompatible (plural incompatibles)
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Further reading
- “incompatible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
Adjective
incompatible m or f (plural incompatibles)
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Related terms
Further reading
- “incompatible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
Adjective
incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
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