invalid

English

Etymology 1

in- +‎ valid

Pronunciation

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

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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／无效 (zh) (wúxiào), 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)
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• Korean: 무효 (ko) (muhyo), 올바르지 (olbareuji)
• Latin: irritus
• Maori: manakore, koremana
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ugyldig (no)

  Nynorsk: ugyldig

• Polish: nieważny (pl) m
• 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French invalide, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

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)
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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
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• Japanese: 廃人 (はいじん, haijin)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: aeger (la) m
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• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tūroro, oke, hāura
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: hasta (tr), yatalak (tr)
• Ukrainian: інвалі́д m (invalíd), інвалі́дка f (invalídka)

Adjective

invalid (not comparable)

1. Intended for use by an invalid.

Related terms

• invalid carriage

Verb

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

1. (British, 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)

Further reading

• “invalid” in Duden online

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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