"indeterminable" meaning in All languages combined

See indeterminable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-indeterminable.wav [US] Forms: more indeterminable [comparative], most indeterminable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French indeterminable, from Late Latin indeterminabilis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|indeterminable}} Middle French indeterminable, {{der|en|la-lat|indeterminabilis}} Late Latin indeterminabilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} indeterminable (comparative more indeterminable, superlative most indeterminable)
  1. That is incapable of being measured. Translations (incapable of being measured): imensurável (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-indeterminable-en-adj-3qAVu1G9 Disambiguation of 'incapable of being measured': 75 25
  2. That is incapable of being ascertained. Translations (incapable of being ascertained): indeterminable (Catalan), indéterminable (French), indeterminabile (Italian), indeterminável (Portuguese), indefinível (Portuguese), indeterminable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-indeterminable-en-adj-E9uh~LbF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 80 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 73 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 79 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 87 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 71 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 75 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 24 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 65 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 78 4 Disambiguation of 'incapable of being ascertained': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: indeterminableness, indeterminably

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-indeterminable.wav [US] Forms: indeterminables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French indeterminable, from Late Latin indeterminabilis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|indeterminable}} Middle French indeterminable, {{der|en|la-lat|indeterminabilis}} Late Latin indeterminabilis Head templates: {{en-noun}} indeterminable (plural indeterminables)
  1. An indeterminable thing or quantity.
    Sense id: en-indeterminable-en-noun-9eCaunzf

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /indeteɾmiˈnable/, [ĩn̪.d̪e.t̪eɾ.miˈna.β̞le] Forms: indeterminables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -able Etymology: From in- + determinable. Etymology templates: {{af|es|in-|determinable}} in- + determinable Head templates: {{es-adj}} indeterminable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indeterminables)
  1. indeterminable Tags: feminine, masculine

Inflected forms

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