insolvable

English

Etymology

in- +‎ solvable

Adjective

insolvable (comparative more insolvable, superlative most insolvable)

1. Impossible to solve; insoluble.

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2. Incapable of being paid or discharged.

   an insolvable debt

3. Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
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     Bands insolvable.

Synonyms

• (impossible to solve): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
• (all senses): insoluble}, unsolvable

Antonyms

• (impossible to solve): See also Thesaurus:comprehensible
• (all senses): soluble, solvable

Translations

impossible to solve

• Finnish: ratkeamaton
• French: insoluble (fr)
• German: unlösbar
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• Hungarian: megoldhatatlan (hu)
• Japanese: 解決できない (ja) (kaiketsu dekinai), 解けない (ja) (tokenai), 割り切れない (warikirenai)
• Spanish: insoluble

incapable of being paid

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not capable of being disentangled

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} onoplosbaar (nl)
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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} insolvabil (ro), ^{(please verify)} neplătibil

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French

Etymology

in- +‎ solvable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɔl.vabl/

Adjective

insolvable (plural insolvables)

1. insolvent

Further reading

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