"indiscernible" meaning in English

See indiscernible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From in- + discern + -ible. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{confix|en|in|discern|ible}} in- + discern + -ible Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} indiscernible (not comparable)
  1. Not capable of being discerned or perceived. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Not capable of being discerned): неразличим (nerazličim) (Bulgarian), неотличим (neotličim) (Bulgarian), indiscernable (French), dofheicthe (english: to the eye) (Irish), indiscernible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-indiscernible-en-adj-G69-OSKo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, English terms suffixed with -ible, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 35 31 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 35 30 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 31 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 32 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 35 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 29 36 Disambiguation of 'Not capable of being discerned': 56 44
  2. Not capable of being distinguished from something else. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-indiscernible-en-adj-29~lhfNR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, English terms suffixed with -ible, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 35 31 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 35 30 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 31 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 32 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 35 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 29 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: indiscernibleness, indiscernibility, indiscernibly

Noun

Forms: indiscernibles [plural]
Etymology: From in- + discern + -ible. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{confix|en|in|discern|ible}} in- + discern + -ible Head templates: {{en-noun}} indiscernible (plural indiscernibles)
  1. (chiefly philosophy) Something which is incapable of being discerned. Categories (topical): Philosophy Derived forms: identity of indiscernibles
    Sense id: en-indiscernible-en-noun-E3zU-DJ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, English terms suffixed with -ible, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 35 31 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 35 30 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 31 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 32 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 35 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 29 36 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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