"imprevisible" meaning in All languages combined

See imprevisible on Wiktionary

Adjective [Catalan]

IPA: [im.pɾə.βiˈzib.blə] [Central, Northern], [im.pɾə.viˈzib.blə] [Balearic], [im.pɾe.viˈzi.ble] [Valencia], [im.pɾe.βiˈzib.ble] [Northwestern] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-imprevisible.wav (note: Barcelona) Forms: imprevisibles [feminine, masculine, plural]
Etymology: im- + previsible Etymology templates: {{ety|ca|:af|im-|previsible}}, {{af|ca|im-|previsible}} im- + previsible Head templates: {{ca-adj}} imprevisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprevisibles)
  1. unforeseeable, unpredictable Tags: feminine, masculine

Adjective [English]

Forms: more imprevisible [comparative], most imprevisible [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} imprevisible (comparative more imprevisible, superlative most imprevisible)
  1. (rare) unforeseeable Tags: rare Derived forms: imprevisibility
    Sense id: en-imprevisible-en-adj-1RgMMk3s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [Spanish]

Forms: imprevisibles [feminine, masculine, plural]
Etymology: From im- + previsible. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|in-<alt:im->|previsible|text=+|tree=1}} From im- + previsible. Head templates: {{es-adj}} imprevisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprevisibles)
  1. unforeseeable, unpredictable Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: imprevisiblemente

Inflected forms

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    },
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        },
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              125
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
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              312,
              324
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          ],
          "ref": "1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:",
          "text": "[…] there intervene periods of rest or repose, during which no food is taken, unless it be every now and then from time to time an occasional snack, quick drink or light collation, rendered if not indispensable at least welcome by an unforeseen acceleration of the metabolic exchanges due to circumstances of an imprevisible kind, […]",
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