incongruent

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English congruent

English incongruent

From in- + congruent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹu.ənt/, /ɪnˈkɒŋ.ɡɹu.ənt/

• Audio (Southern England); [ɪnˈkɒŋɡɹʉənt]:

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Adjective

incongruent (comparative more incongruent, superlative most incongruent)

1. (figurative, higher register) Out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent.

   Synonyms: incongruous, absurd, inappropriate

   The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral.

   Her knowledge of world politics was incongruent in someone so young.

   • 2015 December 23, Adrienne LaFrance, “Santa's Reindeer Are Robots Now”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     And like so many robots, they’re an incongruent mashup of terrifying and cute. Aww, look at those guys. Also, runnnnn!

   • 2023 July 3, Jay W. Richards, “What Is Gender Ideology?”, in The American Conservative:

     Gender ideology is the theory that […] human individuals are properly described in terms of an “internal sense of gender” called “gender identity” that may be incongruent with their “sex assigned at birth.”

2. (mathematics) Of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number

Derived terms

• incongruently

Translations

Translations

• German: inkongruent (de)

See also

• anachronistic

Dutch

Etymology

From in- +‎ congruent.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

incongruent (comparative incongruenter, superlative incongruentst)

1. incongruent, incompatible, not in agreement

Declension

Declension of incongruent
uninflected	incongruent
inflected	incongruente
comparative	incongruenter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		incongruent	incongruenter	het incongruentst het incongruentste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	incongruente	incongruentere	incongruentste
	n. sing.	incongruent	incongruenter	incongruentste
	plural	incongruente	incongruentere	incongruentste
definite		incongruente	incongruentere	incongruentste
partitive		incongruents	incongruenters	—

Derived terms

• incongruentie

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incongruens or Italian incongruente. Equivalent to in- +‎ congruent.

Adjective

incongruent m or n (feminine singular incongruentă, masculine plural incongruenți, feminine/neuter plural incongruente)

1. inconsistent

Declension

Declension of incongruent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	incongruent		incongruentă	incongruenți	incongruente
	definite	incongruentul		incongruenta	incongruenții	incongruentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	incongruent		incongruente	incongruenți	incongruente
	definite	incongruentului		incongruentei	incongruenților	incongruentelor