"indeclinable" meaning in English

See indeclinable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. See in- not, and decline. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|indéclinable}} French indéclinable, {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|la|indeclinabilis}} Latin indeclinabilis, {{m|en|in-}} in-, {{m|en|decline}} decline Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} indeclinable (not comparable)
  1. That one cannot decline; unavoidable. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-indeclinable-en-adj-mlWz~sXK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 32 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 67 20 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 50 31 20
  2. (grammar, of a word) Not grammatically declinable. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (not grammatically declinable): ἄκλιτος (áklitos) (Ancient Greek), нескланя́льны (njesklanjálʹny) (Belarusian), несклоня́ем (nesklonjáem) (Bulgarian), indeclinable (Catalan), 不變格的 (Chinese Mandarin), 不变格的 (bù biàngé de) (Chinese Mandarin), nesklonný (Czech), ubøjelig (Danish), onverbuigbaar (Dutch), taipumaton (Finnish), indéclinable (French), undeklinierbar (German), indeklinabel (German), άκλιτος (áklitos) (Greek), ragozhatatlan (Hungarian), óbeygjanlegur (Icelandic), painumatoin (Ingrian), indeclinabilis (Latin), îndêclyinnabl'ye (Norman), nieodmienny (Polish), invariável (Portuguese), indeclinável (Portuguese), несклоня́емый (nesklonjájemyj) (Russian), нескло̀њив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), и̏ндеклинабӣлан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nesklònjiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ȉndeklinabīlan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nesklonný (Slovak), невідмі́нюваний (nevidmínjuvanyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-indeclinable-en-adj-d6ekowfi Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'not grammatically declinable': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: undeclinable Hypernyms: uninflectable, invariable

Noun

Forms: indeclinables [plural]
Etymology: From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. See in- not, and decline. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|indéclinable}} French indéclinable, {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|la|indeclinabilis}} Latin indeclinabilis, {{m|en|in-}} in-, {{m|en|decline}} decline Head templates: {{en-noun}} indeclinable (plural indeclinables)
  1. (grammar) A word that is not grammatically inflected. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-indeclinable-en-noun-L7Rd8RS- Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not grammatically declinable",
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      "sense": "not grammatically declinable",
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      "sense": "not grammatically declinable",
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      "word": "и̏ндеклинабӣлан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not grammatically declinable",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nesklònjiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not grammatically declinable",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȉndeklinabīlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "not grammatically declinable",
      "word": "nesklonný"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevidmínjuvanyj",
      "sense": "not grammatically declinable",
      "word": "невідмі́нюваний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "indeclinable"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English autological terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English undefined derivations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "3": "indéclinable"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "indeclinabilis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin indeclinabilis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "in-"
      },
      "expansion": "in-",
      "name": "m"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "decline"
      },
      "expansion": "decline",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. See in- not, and decline.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "indeclinables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
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        "A word that is not grammatically inflected."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "grammar"
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        "(grammar) A word that is not grammatically inflected."
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      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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}

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