invalid

English

Etymology 1

in- +‎ valid

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn-vă'lĭd, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvæ.lɪd/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

invalid (comparative more invalid, superlative most invalid)

1. 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

• nonvalid

Antonyms

• valid

Translations

not valid

• Catalan: invàlid
• Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 無效. 无效 (wúxiào)
• Czech: neplatný
• Dutch: ongeldig
• German: ungültig (de)

• Greek: άκυρος (el) (ákyros)
• Hungarian: érvénytelen (hu)
• Japanese: 無効 (もこう, mukō)
• Welsh: annilys (cy)

Etymology 2

From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn'və-lĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.və.lɪd/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

invalid (plural invalids)

1. One who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury
2. Any person with a disability.

Translations

sick person

• Maori: haura, tūroro

Usage notes

• The sense of a person confined to home or bed is considered insensitive, outmoded or politically incorrect by some.

Adjective

invalid (not comparable)

1. Intended for use by an invalid.

Derived terms

• invalid carriage

Verb

invalid (third-person singular simple present invalids, present participle invaliding, simple past and past participle invalided)

1. (UK) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.

   He was invalided home after the car crash.

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German

Adjective

invalid (not comparable)

1. invalid (confined to home or bed because of illness or disability)

Declension

Declension of invalid

gender		singular			plural
		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

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inʋǎliːd/
• Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid

Noun

invàlīd m (Cyrillic spelling инва̀лӣд)

1. invalid

Declension

    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