"unassailable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌʌnəˈseɪləbl̩/ Forms: more unassailable [comparative], most unassailable [superlative]
Etymology: un- + assailable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|assailable}} un- + assailable Head templates: {{en-adj}} unassailable (comparative more unassailable, superlative most unassailable)
  1. Secure against attack; impregnable. Translations (secure against attack; impregnable): непристъпен (nepristǎpen) (Bulgarian), nedobytný (Czech), onneembaar (Dutch), inattaquable (French), inexpugnable (French), unangreifbar (German), неприступный (nepristupnyj) (Russian), inexpugnable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unassailable-en-adj-ONLgMEIs Disambiguation of 'secure against attack; impregnable': 82 18
  2. (by extension) Undeniable, incontestable or incontrovertible. Tags: broadly Synonyms: incontestable, unopposable, impregnable, invulnerable Translations (undeniable, incontestable or incontrovertible): неопровержим (neoproveržim) (Bulgarian), apodiktický (Czech), nenapadnutelný (Czech), onaantastbaar (Dutch), onbetwistbaar (Dutch), indéniable (French), incontestable (French), unanfechtbar (German), do-ionsaithe (english: right) (Irish), dosháraithe (english: argument) (Irish), dobhréagnaithe (english: argument) (Irish), неприкосновен (neprikosnoven) (Macedonian), bezsporny (Polish), incontestável [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), неопровержи́мый (neoproveržímyj) [masculine] (Russian), incontestable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unassailable-en-adj-eSUrx8ec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 70 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 19 56 24 Disambiguation of 'undeniable, incontestable or incontrovertible': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unassailably, unassailableness

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌʌnəˈseɪləbl̩/ Forms: unassailables [plural]
Etymology: un- + assailable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|assailable}} un- + assailable Head templates: {{en-noun}} unassailable (plural unassailables)
  1. Something, such as a belief, that cannot be assailed.
    Sense id: en-unassailable-en-noun-6HOnBik9

Inflected forms

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