"indelible" meaning in English

See indelible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈdɛləbl/ Audio: en-us-indelible.ogg , en-au-indelible.ogg Forms: more indelible [comparative], most indelible [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin indelebilis (“indestructible”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|indelebilis||indestructible}} Latin indelebilis (“indestructible”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} indelible (comparative more indelible, superlative most indelible)
  1. Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface. Synonyms: unerasable Translations (difficult to delete, remove or wash away): ἀνεξάλειπτος (anexáleiptos) (Ancient Greek), неизличим (neizličim) (Bulgarian), indeleble (Catalan), onverwijderbaar (Dutch), onuitwisbaar (Dutch), neforigebla (Esperanto), lähtemätön (Finnish), pysyvä (Finnish), indélébile (French), indeleble (Galician), indelébel (Galician), hartnäckig (German), unauslöschlich (German), ανεξίτηλος (anexítilos) (Greek), indelebile (Italian), 消せない (kesenai) (Japanese), 削除できない (sakujo dekinai) (Japanese), neunaardagh (Manx), neuastyrtagh (Manx), neuvooghee (Manx), do-scryst (Manx), nieusuwalny (english: being difficult to delete or remove) (Polish), niezmywalny (english: being difficult to wash away) (Polish), indelével (Portuguese), inextinguível (Portuguese), несмыва́емый (nesmyvájemyj) [masculine] (Russian), нестира́емый (nestirájemyj) [masculine] (Russian), indeleble (Spanish), незмивний (nezmyvnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), невивідний (nevyvidnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (figurative) Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: unerasable, unforgettable Translations (incapable of being canceled or forgotten): незаличим (nezaličim) (Bulgarian), onvergetelijk (Dutch), onuitwisbaar (Dutch), peruuttamaton (Finnish), lähtemätön (Finnish), unohtumaton (Finnish), unauslöschlich (German), kitörölhetetlen (Hungarian), 消せない (kesenai) (Japanese), 忘れられない (wasurerarenai) (Japanese), uutslettelig (Norwegian), niezatarty (Polish), indelével (Portuguese), inesquecível (Portuguese), неизглади́мый (neizgladímyj) [masculine] (Russian), незабыва́емый (nezabyvájemyj) [masculine] (Russian), indeleble (Spanish), outplånlig (Swedish), незабутній (nezabutnij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-indelible-en-adj--iJSXOvB Disambiguation of 'incapable of being canceled or forgotten': 8 63 29
  3. Incapable of being annulled. Translations (incapable of being annulled): onuitwisbaar (Dutch), peruuttamaton (Finnish), indelével (Portuguese), inanulável (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-indelible-en-adj-vyyXwZfX Disambiguation of 'incapable of being annulled': 3 12 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: indelibility, indelibly

Alternative forms

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          "text": "This ink spot on the contract is indelible.",
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          "text": "This stain on my shirt is indelible.",
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        {
          "text": "Written with indelible pen.",
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          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 235:",
          "text": "The brow was smooth and fair; no deep thought, born of deep feeling, had grown there—those indelible lines which stamp even youth with age.",
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          "word": "неизличим"
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          "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
          "word": "indeleble"
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          "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
          "word": "onverwijderbaar"
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          "word": "indeleble"
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          "word": "indelébel"
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          "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
          "word": "hartnäckig"
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          "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
          "word": "indelével"
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          "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
          "word": "inextinguível"
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          "_dis1": "95 3 2",
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          "roman": "nesmyvájemyj",
          "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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          "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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          "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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          "ref": "2014 August 29, Ruzwana Bashir, “The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the indelible stigma it would bring.",
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          "ref": "2020 April 16, Patricia Cohen, “Straggling in a Good Economy, and Now Struggling in a Crisis”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "An indelible image from the Great Depression features a well-dressed family seated with their dog in a comfy car, smiling down from an oversize billboard on weary souls standing in line at a relief agency.",
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          "word": "onvergetelijk"
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          "word": "kitörölhetetlen"
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          "word": "消せない"
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          "roman": "wasurerarenai",
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          "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
          "word": "niezatarty"
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          "roman": "neizgladímyj",
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          "word": "незабыва́емый"
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
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    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "неизличим"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "word": "indeleble"
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      "word": "indelébel"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indelebile"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kesenai",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "消せない"
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "do-scryst"
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      "code": "pl",
      "english": "being difficult to delete or remove",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "nieusuwalny"
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      "code": "pl",
      "english": "being difficult to wash away",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "niezmywalny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indelével"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "inextinguível"
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      "roman": "nesmyvájemyj",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "word": "несмыва́емый"
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      "roman": "nestirájemyj",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "word": "нестира́емый"
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      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indeleble"
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      "roman": "nezmyvnyj",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
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      "word": "незмивний"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "nevyvidnyj",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "невивідний"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezaličim",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "незаличим"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "onvergetelijk"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "onuitwisbaar"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "peruuttamaton"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "lähtemätön"
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      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "unohtumaton"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "unauslöschlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "kitörölhetetlen"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kesenai",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "消せない"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wasurerarenai",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "忘れられない"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "uutslettelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "niezatarty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "indelével"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "inesquecível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neizgladímyj",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
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      "word": "неизглади́мый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezabyvájemyj",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "незабыва́емый"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "indeleble"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "outplånlig"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezabutnij",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "незабутній"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "incapable of being annulled",
      "word": "onuitwisbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "incapable of being annulled",
      "word": "peruuttamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "incapable of being annulled",
      "word": "indelével"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "incapable of being annulled",
      "word": "inanulável"
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  "word": "indelible"
}

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