inimaginable

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ imaginable.

Adjective

inimaginable (comparative more inimaginable, superlative most inimaginable)

1. (archaic) unimaginable; inconceivable
   • 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:

     In this sense two prime causes are inimaginable; and for all things to depend of one, and to be more independent beings than one, is a clear contradiction.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [i.ni.mə.ʒiˈnab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.ni.ma.d͡ʒiˈna.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [i.ni.ma.ʒiˈnab.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

inimaginable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inimaginables)

1. unimaginable

Further reading

• “inimaginable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “inimaginable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “inimaginable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “inimaginable”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ imaginable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ni.ma.ʒi.nabl/

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Adjective

inimaginable (plural inimaginables)

1. unimaginable

   Near-synonyms: inconcevable, impensable

Derived terms

• inimaginablement

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From in- + imaginable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inimaxiˈnable/ [i.ni.ma.xiˈna.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧ni‧ma‧gi‧na‧ble

Adjective

inimaginable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inimaginables)

1. unimaginable

   Antonym: imaginable

   • 2025 January 20, Tami Luhby, “Prepárate para los primeros billonarios del mundo”, in CNN en Español‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 January 2025:

     “Es una cantidad inimaginable”, dijo Rebecca Riddell, directora de Políticas de Oxfam América, refiriéndose a US$ 1 billón.

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Derived terms

• inimaginablemente

Further reading

• “inimaginable”, 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