"inescapable" meaning in English

See inescapable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-inescapable.ogg Forms: more inescapable [comparative], most inescapable [superlative]
Etymology: From in- + escapable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|escapable}} in- + escapable Head templates: {{en-adj}} inescapable (comparative more inescapable, superlative most inescapable)
  1. Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable. Synonyms: inevitable, unescapable, inescapeable (english: nonstandard spelling) Derived forms: inescapably Related terms: escapability, escapably, inescapability, unescapability, unescapably Translations (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape): ἄφυκτος (áphuktos) (Ancient Greek), onontkoombaar (Dutch), onvermijdelijk (Dutch), vääjäämätön (Finnish), inévitable (French), inéluctable (French), unausweichlich (German), unentrinnbar (German), unumgänglich (German), unvermeidlich (German), αναπόφευκτος (anapófefktos) [masculine] (Greek), αναπόδραστος (anapódrastos) (Greek), 逃げられない (nigerarenai) (Japanese), inēluctābilis (Latin), neuscapailagh (Manx), inevitável [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), incontornável [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), неизбе́жный (neizbéžnyj) (Russian), неотвратимый (neotvratimyj) (Russian), неизбывный (neizbyvnyj) (Russian), inevitable (Spanish), insoslayable (Spanish), немину́чий (nemynúčyj) (Ukrainian), невідворо́тний (nevidvorótnyj) (Ukrainian), неуникни́й (neunyknýj) (Ukrainian), неуникне́нний (neunyknénnyj) (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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