inexplicable

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English inexplicable, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French inexplicable, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inexplicabilis, from in- (“not”) +‎ explicabilis (“explicable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/, /ɪnˈɛk.splɪ.kə.bəl/

Adjective

inexplicable (comparative more inexplicable, superlative most inexplicable)

1. Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

Synonyms

• inexplainable
• unexplainable
• insoluble
• See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Antonyms

• explicable
• See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Derived terms

• inexplicability
• inexplicableness
• inexplicably

Translations

impossible to explain

• Albanian: i pashpjegueshëm (sq)
• Asturian: inesplicable
• Catalan: inexplicable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不能說明的／不能说明的, 不能说明的 (bùnéng shuōmíng de)

• Czech: nevysvětlitelný (cs) m
• Danish: uforklarlig
• Esperanto: neklarigebla
• Finnish: selittämätön, käsittämätön (fi)
• French: inexplicable (fr)
• Galician: inexplicable (gl), inexplicábel (gl)
• German: unerklärlich
• Greek: ανεξήγητος (el) (anexígitos)

  Ancient: δύσφραστος (dúsphrastos)

• Italian: inspiegabile (it), incomprensibile (it), inesplicabile (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 割り切れない (warikirenai), 不可解な (fukakai na), 説明がつかない (ja) (setsumei ga tsukanai)
• Latin: inēnōdābilis
• Lithuanian: nesuprantamas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uforklarlig

  Nynorsk: uforklarleg, uforklårleg

• Occitan: inexplicable
• Portuguese: inexplicável (pt)
• Romanian: inexplicabil (ro) m or n, inexplicabilă f, neexplicabil m or n
• Russian: необъясни́мый (ru) (neobʺjasnímyj)
• Spanish: inexplicable
• Swedish: oförklarlig (sv)
• Thai: ที่อธิบายไม่ได้ (têe atíbaai mâi dâai)
• Turkish: açıklanamaz
• Welsh: anesboniadwy (cy)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inexplicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.əks.pliˈkab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.eks.pliˈka.ble]
• Rhymes: -aβle

Adjective

inexplicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

• “inexplicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexplicable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From in- +‎ explicable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛk.spli.kabl/

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

Antonyms

• explicable

Further reading

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

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Galician

Alternative forms

• inexplicábel

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inexplicābilis.

Adjective

inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

Antonyms

• explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inexplicābilis.

Adjective

inexplicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

Antonyms

• explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente