indivisible

English

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪzɪbəl

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Adjective

indivisible (not comparable)

1. Incapable of being divided; atomic.
   • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, John Dryden, transl., De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], OCLC 261121781:

     one indivisible point of time

2. (arithmetic) Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder.

Synonyms

• unsplittable

Antonyms

• (incapable of being divided; arithmetic): divisible
• (incapable of being combined): incombinable, uncombinable, unmergeable, ununifiable

Related terms

• indivision
• indivisibility
• indivisibleness
• indivisibly
• individual

Translations

incapable of being divided

• Bulgarian: неделим (bg) (nedelim)
• Catalan: indivisible (ca)
• Dutch: ondeelbaar (nl)
• Finnish: jakamaton (fi)
• German: unteilbar (de)
• Greek: αδιαίρετος (el) (adiaíretos)

  Ancient: ἀμέριστος (améristos), ἀμερής (amerḗs)

• Hungarian: oszthatatlan (hu)
• Icelandic: ódeilanlegur (is) m
• Irish: doroinnte

• Japanese: 分割できない (ja) (bunkatsu dekinai), 分けられない (ja) (wakerarenai), 割れない (ja) (warenai) 不可分の (ja) (fukabun no)
• Khmer: អវិភាគីយ (a’vi’pʰiekii)
• Portuguese: indivisível (pt)
• Russian: недели́мый (ru) (nedelímyj), нераздели́мый (ru) (nerazdelímyj), неразложи́мый (ru) (nerazložímyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: do-roinn
• Spanish: indivisible
• Swedish: odelbar (sv)
• Welsh: diwahân, anwahanadwy (cy)

incapable of being divided by a specific integer

• Finnish: jaoton
• German: unteilbar (de)
• Hungarian: nem osztható
• Icelandic: ódeilanlegur (is) m

• Japanese: 割り切れない (warikirenai)
• Polish: niepodzielny (pl)
• Russian: недели́мый (ru) (nedelímyj)
• Swedish: odelbar (sv)

Noun

indivisible (plural indivisibles)

1. That which cannot be divided or split.
   • 1661, Joseph Glanvill, The Vanity of Dogmatizing‎^[1]:

     The composition of Bodies, whether it be of Divisibles or Indivisibles, is a question which must be rank'd with the Indissolvibles […]

   • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises

     By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies.

2. (geometry) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.

Derived terms

• method of indivisibles

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.di.vi.zibl/

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Adjective

indivisible (plural indivisibles)

1. indivisible

Antonyms

• divisible
• incombinable

Further reading

• “indivisible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Adjective

indivisible m or f (plural indivisibles)

1. indivisible

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Spanish

Adjective

indivisible (plural indivisibles)

1. indivisible

   Antonyms: divisible, incombinable

Further reading

• “indivisible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.