"indelible" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈdɛləbl/ Audio: en-us-indelible.ogg [US], en-au-indelible.ogg [Australia] 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), 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)
    Sense id: en-indelible-en-adj-Tp--6knP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 22 26 Disambiguation of 'difficult to delete, remove or wash away': 95 3 2
  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': 6 13 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: indelibility, indelibly

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "canceled",
          "canceled"
        ],
        [
          "lost",
          "lost"
        ],
        [
          "forgotten",
          "forgotten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unerasable"
        },
        {
          "word": "unforgettable"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "November 7, 1678, Thomas Sprat, a sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergymen in the Church of St Mary-le-Bow\nThey are […] endued with indelible power from above."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Incapable of being annulled."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "annulled",
          "annulled"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈdɛləbl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-indelible.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/En-us-indelible.ogg/En-us-indelible.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/En-us-indelible.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-indelible.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/En-au-indelible.ogg/En-au-indelible.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/En-au-indelible.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neizličim",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "неизличим"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indeleble"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "onverwijderbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "onuitwisbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "lähtemätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "pysyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indélébile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indeleble"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indelébel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "hartnäckig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "unauslöschlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anexítilos",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "ανεξίτηλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anexáleiptos",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "ἀνεξάλειπτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indelebile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kesenai",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "消せない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sakujo dekinai",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "削除できない"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "neunaardagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "neuastyrtagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "neuvooghee"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "do-scryst"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "being difficult to delete or remove",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "nieusuwalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "being difficult to wash away",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "niezmywalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indelével"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "inextinguível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesmyvájemyj",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "несмыва́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nestirájemyj",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нестира́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "word": "indeleble"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezmyvnyj",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "незмивний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevyvidnyj",
      "sense": "difficult to delete, remove or wash away",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "невивідний"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "onuitwisbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "peruuttamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "lähtemätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "unohtumaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "unauslöschlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "kitörölhetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kesenai",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "消せない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wasurerarenai",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "忘れられない"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неизглади́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezabyvájemyj",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "незабыва́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "indeleble"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "word": "outplånlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezabutnij",
      "sense": "incapable of being canceled or forgotten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "незабутній"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "indelible"
}

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