inestimable
English
Alternative forms
- inæstimable (archaic)
Pronunciation
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French inestimable, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inaestimābilis, from in (“un-”, “not”) + aestimābilis (“estimable”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: ĭnĕsʹtĭməbl, IPA(key): /ɪnˈɛstɪməbl/
Adjective
inestimable (not comparable)
- Not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.
- The Voyager spacecraft explored the solar system and continued into the inestimable space beyond.
References
- “inestimable, a. (n.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
French
Etymology
Adjective
inestimable (plural inestimables)
Further reading
- “inestimable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Adjective
inestimable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inestimables)
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