"improbable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Catalan]

Forms: improbables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Head templates: {{ca-adj}} improbable m or f (masculine and feminine plural improbables)
  1. improbable, unlikely Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: improbablement Related terms: improbabilitat
    Sense id: en-improbable-ca-adj-zSs7GuKp Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/ [General-American], /ɪmˈpɹɒbəbl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-GB-improbable.ogg [UK] Forms: more improbable [comparative], most improbable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French improbable, from im- + probable. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|improbable}} Middle French improbable, {{af|en|in-|probable|alt1=im-}} im- + probable Head templates: {{en-adj}} improbable (comparative more improbable, superlative most improbable)
  1. Not likely to be true. Categories (topical): Probability theory Translations (not likely to be true): անհավանական (anhavanakan) (Armenian), непраўдападо́бны (njepraŭdapadóbny) (Belarusian), неправдоподо́бен (nepravdopodóben) (Bulgarian), improbable (Catalan), nepravděpodobný (Czech), onwaarschijnlijk (Dutch), epätodennäköinen (Finnish), invraisemblable (French), არასარწმუნო (arasarc̣muno) (Georgian), წარმოუდგენელი (c̣armoudgeneli) (Georgian), არადამაჯერებელი (aradamaǯerebeli) (Georgian), დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli) (Georgian), დამაჯერებლობას მოკლებული (damaǯereblobas moḳlebuli) (Georgian), ნაკლებად შესაძლებელი (naḳlebad šesaʒlebeli) (Georgian), ნაკლებად სავარაუდო (naḳlebad savaraudo) (Georgian), unwahrscheinlich (German), απίθανος (apíthanos) (Greek), valószínűtlen (Hungarian), 疑わしい (utagawashii) (Japanese), 低確率の (teikakuritsu no) (Japanese), nieprawdopododny (Polish), improvável (Portuguese), improbabil (Romanian), неправдоподо́бный (nepravdopodóbnyj) (Russian), nepravdepodobný (Slovak), improbable (Spanish), inverosímil (Spanish), osannolik (Swedish), неправдоподі́бний (nepravdopodíbnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-improbable-en-adj-etS1NdW7 Disambiguation of Probability theory: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'not likely to be true': 66 34
  2. Not likely to happen. Categories (topical): Probability theory Translations (not likely to happen): անհավանական (anhavanakan) (Armenian), невераго́дны (njevjerahódny) (Belarusian), невероя́тен (neverojáten) (Bulgarian), usandsynlig (Danish), onwaarschijnlijk (Dutch), epätodennäköinen (Finnish), improbable (French), improbable (Galician), unwahrscheinlich (German), απίθανος (apíthanos) (Greek), valószínűtlen (Hungarian), 疑わしい (utagawashii) (Japanese), 低確率の (teikakuritsu no) (Japanese), improvável (Portuguese), невероя́тный (neverojátnyj) (Russian), improbable (Spanish), osannolik (Swedish), föga troligt (Swedish), неймові́рний (nejmovírnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-improbable-en-adj-iFBLmst1 Disambiguation of Probability theory: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'not likely to happen': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: improbability, improbably, statistically improbable phrase Related terms: probability, probably, impossible

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.babl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-improbable.wav [Canada] Forms: improbables [plural]
Etymology: From im- + probable. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|in-|probable|alt1=im-}} im- + probable Head templates: {{fr-adj}} improbable (plural improbables)
  1. unlikely, improbable (not likely) Synonyms: peu probable
    Sense id: en-improbable-fr-adj-CkSjiNqt Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with in-

Adjective [Galician]

Forms: improbables [plural]
Head templates: {{gl-adj}} improbable m or f (plural improbables)
  1. improbable (not likely to happen) Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: improbábel Derived forms: improbabilidade
    Sense id: en-improbable-gl-adj-hdAYpojR Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /impɾoˈbable/, [ĩm.pɾoˈβ̞a.β̞le] Forms: improbables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -able Head templates: {{es-adj}} improbable m or f (masculine and feminine plural improbables)
  1. improbable, unlikely Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: improbabilidad, improbablemente
    Sense id: en-improbable-es-adj-zSs7GuKp Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "epätodennäköinen"
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      "sense": "not likely to be true",
      "word": "არასარწმუნო"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "not likely to be true",
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      "sense": "not likely to be true",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-able"
    }
  ],
  "word": "improbable"
}

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