indisputable

English

Alternative forms

• undisputable

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *n̥--

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Latin putus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin putō

Latin disputo

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin disputābilis

Latin indisputābilislbor.

English indisputable

Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ disputable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/

Adjective

indisputable (comparative more indisputable, superlative most indisputable)

1. Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true

   Synonyms: inarguable, unarguable, unchallengeable

   • 1674, [Richard Allestree], “Of Positiveness”, in The Government of the Tongue. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Theater, →OCLC, page 197:

     Nay, if he be of a proud humour, […] he will not Bate an Ace of abſolute certainty, but however doubtful or improbable the thing is, coming f[r]om him it muſt go for an indiſputable truth.

Derived terms

• indisputableness
• indisputably

Translations

not disputable

• Albanian: padiskutueshëm (sq)
• Azerbaijani: danılmaz, inkaredilbəz, şəksiz
• Bulgarian: неоспорим (bg) (neosporim), безспорен (bg) (bezsporen)
• Catalan: indiscutible
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無可爭辯的 / 无可争辩的 (wúkě zhēngbiàn de)

• Dutch: onomstotelijk (nl)
• Finnish: kiistaton (fi), kieltämätön
• French: indiscutable (fr), incontestable (fr), irréfutable (fr)
• Georgian: უდავო (udavo), უცილობელი (ucilobeli), უთუო (utuo), უსათუო (usatuo), უეჭველი (ueč̣veli)
• Greek: αδιάψευστος (el) (adiápsefstos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀναντιρρήτος (anantirrhḗtos), ἀδήριτος (adḗritos)

• Hungarian: vitathatatlan (hu), kétségtelen (hu), kétségbevonhatatlan (hu), elvitathatatlan (hu), tagadhatatlan (hu), kikezdhetetlen (hu)
• Manx: neuarganeagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: udiskutabel

  Nynorsk: udiskutabel

• Polish: bezdyskusyjny (pl), bezsporny (pl)
• Romanian: indisputabil
• Russian: бесспо́рный (ru) (besspórnyj)
• Spanish: incuestionable (es), indiscutible (es), innegable (es), irrefutable (es)
• Swedish: obestridlig (sv), odiskutabel (sv)
• Telugu: తిరుగులేని (te) (tirugulēni)

See also

• undeniable
• irrefutable

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dis.py.tabl/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

indisputable (plural indisputables)

1. indisputable

Derived terms

• indisputablement

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin indisputābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indispuˈtable/ [ĩn̪.d̪is.puˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: in‧dis‧pu‧ta‧ble

Adjective

indisputable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indisputables)

1. indisputable

   Synonyms: fehaciente, inobjetable

Derived terms

• indisputablemente

Further reading

• “indisputable”, 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