invalid

English

Etymology 1

in- +‎ valid

Pronunciation

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

• 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
• disallowed

Antonyms

• valid

Translations

not valid

• Armenian: անվավեր (hy) (anvaver)
• Bulgarian: невалиден (bg) (nevaliden), недействителен (bg) (nedejstvitelen)
• Catalan: invàlid
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無效 (zh), 无效 (zh) (wúxiào)

• Czech: neplatný (cs)
• Dutch: ongeldig (nl)
• Finnish: epäkelpo (fi), kelvoton (fi), virheellinen (fi), pätemätön (fi)
• French: invalide (fr)
• Galician: inválido m
• German: ungültig (de)
• Greek: άκυρος (el) (ákyros)
• Hungarian: érvénytelen (hu)
• Italian: irrito (it) m, invalido (it) m
• Japanese: 無効 (ja) (むこう, mukō)

• Korean: 무효 (ko) (muhyo), 올바르지 (olbareuji)
• Latin: irritus
• Macedonian: неважечки (nevažečki)
• Maori: manakore, koremana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ugyldig (no)

  Nynorsk: ugyldig

• Plautdietsch: onjeltich
• Polish: nieważny (pl) m, nieprawidłowy (pl)
• Portuguese: inválido (pt)
• Russian: недействи́тельный (ru) (nedejstvítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: inválido (es)
• Swedish: ogiltig (sv), ogill (sv)
• Thai: โมฆะ (moo-ká)
• Turkish: geçersiz (tr)
• 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. (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
2. (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.
3. (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.

Usage notes

The use of this word to label persons with disabilities gives the impression of invalidation, hence its offensiveness.

Translations

person with a handicap or disability

• Bulgarian: инвалид (bg) m (invalid)
• Dutch: invalide (nl) m or f, gehandicapte (nl) m or f
• Finnish: invalidi (fi), työkyvytön henkilö
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• Greek: ανάπηρος (el) m (anápiros)
• Hungarian: rokkant (hu)
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• Polish: inwalida (pl) m
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• Swedish: handikappad (sv) c, invalid (sv) c

sick person

• Armenian: հաշմանդամ (hy) (hašmandam), ինվալիդ (hy) (invalid)
• Belarusian: інвалі́д m (invalíd), інвалі́дка f (invalídka)
• Bulgarian: инвали́д (bg) m (invalíd)
• Dutch: bedlegerige (nl) m or f, zieke (nl) m or f, invalide (nl) m or f
• French: invalide (fr)
• Finnish: työkyvytön henkilö
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 廃人 (はいじん, haijin)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: aeger (la) m

• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tūroro, oke, hāura
• Polish: inwalida (pl)
• Portuguese: inválido (pt) m
• Russian: инвали́д (ru) m (invalíd), инвали́дка (ru) f (invalídka)
• Spanish: inválido (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: invalid (sv)
• Turkish: hasta (tr), yatalak (tr)
• Ukrainian: інвалі́д m (invalíd), інвалі́дка f (invalídka)

Adjective

invalid (not comparable)

1. Suffering from disability or illness.
   • 2000, Diane Price Herndl, Invalid Women: Figuring Feminine Illness in American Fiction and Culture, 1840-1940, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 1:

     Invalidism therefore referred to a lack of power as well as a tendency toward illness. It is for this reason that I choose to discuss the invalid woman rather than just the ill one.

2. Intended for use by an invalid.

Derived terms

• invalid carriage
• invalid chair

Verb

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

1. (Britain, transitive) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.

   He was invalided home after the car crash.

2. (transitive) To make invalid or affect with disease.

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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

number & 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

Further reading

• “invalid” in Duden online

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch invalide, from French invalide, from Latin invalidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪnˈvalɪt]
• Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid

Adjective

invalid

1. disabled, handicapped.

   Synonyms: cedera, lemah

Etymology 2

From English invalid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪnˈvalɪt]
• Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid

Adjective

invalid

1. invalid.

   Synonyms: batal, tidak sah

Etymology 3

From Dutch in +‎ failliet (“bankrupt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪnˈvalɪt]
• Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid

Adjective

invalid

1. (colloquial) bankrupt.

   Synonym: bangkrut

Further reading

• “invalid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French invalide, from Latin invalidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.vaˈlid/

Adjective

invalid m or n (feminine singular invalidă, masculine plural invalizi, feminine and neuter plural invalide)

1. crippled, disabled

   Synonyms: infirm, schilod, beteag

Declension

Declension of invalid

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	invalid		invalidă	invalizi	invalide
	definite	invalidul		invalida	invalizii	invalidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	invalid		invalide	invalizi	invalide
	definite	invalidului		invalidei	invalizilor	invalidelor

Noun

invalid m (plural invalizi, feminine equivalent invalidă)

1. cripple, disabled person

   Synonyms: infirm, schilod

Declension

Declension of invalid

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) invalid	invalidul	(niște) invalizi	invalizii
genitive/dative	(unui) invalid	invalidului	(unor) invalizi	invalizilor
vocative	invalidule		invalizilor

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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