invariable

English

Etymology

in- +‎ variable

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: in‧va‧ri‧able

Adjective

invariable (not comparable)

1. Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
   • Isaac Taylor (1787–1865)

     Physical laws which are invariable.

   • Template:RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt

     “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.

2. (mathematics) Constant.
3. (by extension, grammar, of a word, or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.

   The French adjective marron (brown) is invariable: it does not take the usual s in the plural.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:invariable.

Translations

not variable

• Bulgarian: неизменен (bg) (neizmenen)
• Catalan: invariable (ca)
• Danish: uforanderlig (da)
• Dutch: onveranderlijk (nl)
• Finnish: muuttumaton (fi)
• French: invariable (fr)
• Georgian: არაცვლადი (aracvladi), უცვლელი (ucvleli), მუდმივი (mudmivi), შეუცვლელი (šeucvleli)
• German: unveränderlich (de)
• Greek: άκλιτος (el) (áklitos)
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• Irish: do-athraitheach
• Norman: învâriabl'ye (Jersey)
• Portuguese: invariável (pt)
• Romanian: invariabil (ro) m or n, invariabilă f, nevariabil m or n, neschimbabil m or n
• Russian: неизме́нный (ru) (neizménnyj), неизменя́емый (ru) (neizmenjájemyj)
• Swedish: oföränderlig (sv)
• Telugu: మార్పులేని (mārpulēni), జిడ్డుగాడు (jiḍḍugāḍu)

(mathematics) constant

• Bulgarian: постоянен (bg) (postojanen), константен (bg) (konstanten)
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Noun

invariable (plural invariables)

1. Something that does not vary; a constant.

See also

• invariant

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French

Etymology

in- +‎ variable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.va.ʁjabl/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

1. invariable

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Adjective

invariable m or f (masculine and feminine plural invariables)

1. invariable