irrefutable

See also: irréfutable

English

WOTD – 26 July 2010

Etymology

From Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbl/

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Adjective

irrefutable (comparative more irrefutable, superlative most irrefutable)

1. undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted

   Antonym: refutable

Translations

undeniable, unable to be disproved

• Armenian: անհերքելի (hy) (anherkʿeli)
• Belarusian: неабве́ржны (njeabvjéržny)
• Catalan: irrefutable (ca)
• Czech: nevyvratitelný m
• Dutch: onweerlegbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: nerefutebla
• Finnish: kiistaton (fi), kiistämätön (fi)
• French: irréfutable (fr)
• Galician: irrefutábel (gl)
• Georgian: უცილობელი (ucilobeli), უდავო (udavo), დაურღვეველი (daurɣveveli), შეუდავებელი (šeudavebeli)
• German: unwiderlegbar (de)
• Greek: αδιάψευστος (el) (adiápsefstos)

• Hungarian: megcáfolhatatlan (hu), megdönthetetlen
• Irish: dobhréagnaithe
• Italian: irrefutabile (it)
• Manx: neuarganeagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ubestridelig, udiskutabel

• Polish: niepodważalny (pl)
• Portuguese: irrefutável (pt)
• Russian: неопровержи́мый (ru) (neoproveržímyj), бесспо́рный (ru) (besspórnyj), несомне́нный (ru) (nesomnénnyj)
• Spanish: irrefutable (es), irrebatible (es)
• Swedish: obestridlig (sv), ovedersäglig (sv)
• Ukrainian: незапере́чний (nezaperéčnyj)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /irefuˈtable/, [irefuˈt̪aβle]

Adjective

irrefutable (plural irrefutables)

1. irrefutable

Related terms

• refutar