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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
invalid (comparative more invalid, superlative most invalid)
- Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
- Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning.
- This invalid contract cannot be legally enforced.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
not valid
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
invalid (plural invalids)
- (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
- (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
- (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
Translations[edit]
sick person
Adjective[edit]
invalid (not comparable)
- Intended for use by an invalid.
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
invalid (third-person singular simple present invalids, present participle invaliding, simple past and past participle invalided)
- (Britain, transitive) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.
- He was invalided home after the car crash.
- (transitive) To make invalid or affect with disease.
German[edit]
Adjective[edit]
invalid (not comparable)
- invalid (confined to home or bed because of illness or disability)
Declension[edit]
Declension of invalid
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist invalid | sie ist invalid | es ist invalid | sie sind invalid | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | invalider | invalide | invalides | invalide |
genitive | invaliden | invalider | invaliden | invalider | |
dative | invalidem | invalider | invalidem | invaliden | |
accusative | invaliden | invalide | invalides | invalide | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der invalide | die invalide | das invalide | die invaliden |
genitive | des invaliden | der invaliden | des invaliden | der invaliden | |
dative | dem invaliden | der invaliden | dem invaliden | den invaliden | |
accusative | den invaliden | die invalide | das invalide | die invaliden | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein invalider | eine invalide | ein invalides | (keine) invaliden |
genitive | eines invaliden | einer invaliden | eines invaliden | (keiner) invaliden | |
dative | einem invaliden | einer invaliden | einem invaliden | (keinen) invaliden | |
accusative | einen invaliden | eine invalide | ein invalides | (keine) invaliden |
Further reading[edit]
- invalid in Duden online
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
invàlīd m (Cyrillic spelling инва̀лӣд)
Declension[edit]
Declension of invalid
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | invàlīd | invalidi |
genitive | invalída | invalida |
dative | invalidu | invalidima |
accusative | invalida | invalide |
vocative | invalide | invalidi |
locative | invalidu | invalidima |
instrumental | invalidom | invalidima |
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