incomprensible

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incomprehēnsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [iŋ.kum.pɾənˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.kom.pɾənˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kom.pɾenˈsi.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [iŋ.kom.pɾenˈsib.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: in‧com‧pren‧si‧ble

Adjective

incomprensible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incomprensibles)

1. incomprehensible

   Antonym: comprensible

Derived terms

• incomprensiblement

Related terms

• incomprensibilitat

Further reading

• “incomprensible”, 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
• “incomprensible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “incomprensible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “incomprensible”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Alternative forms

• incomprensíbel

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti

Proto-Italic *hendō

Proto-Italic *praiɣendō

Latin prehendō

Latin comprehendō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin comprehēnsibilis

Latin incomprehēnsibilisder.

Galician incomprensible

Derived from Latin incomprehēnsibilis.

Adjective

incomprensible m or f (plural incomprensibles)

1. incomprehensible

   Antonym: comprensible

Derived terms

• incomprensiblemente

Related terms

• incomprensibilidade

Further reading

• “incomprensible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• incomprehensible

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti

Proto-Italic *hendō

Proto-Italic *praiɣendō

Latin prehendō

Latin comprehendō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin comprehēnsibilis

Latin incomprehēnsibilisder.

Spanish incomprensible

Derived from Latin incomprehēnsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkompɾenˈsible/ [ĩŋ.kõm.pɾẽnˈsi.β̞le]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: in‧com‧pren‧si‧ble

Adjective

incomprensible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incomprensibles)

1. incomprehensible

   Synonym: inentendible

   Antonym: comprensible

Derived terms

• incomprensiblemente

Related terms

• incomprensibilidad

Further reading

• “incomprensible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025