"interminable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/ [UK] Forms: more interminable [comparative], most interminable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French interminable, from Late Latin interminabilis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|interminable}} Middle French interminable, {{der|en|LL.|interminabilis}} Late Latin interminabilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} interminable (comparative more interminable, superlative most interminable)
  1. Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending. Categories (topical): Time Translations (existing or occurring without interruption or end): безкраен (bezkraen) (Bulgarian), interminable (Catalan), loputon (Finnish), keskeytymätön (Finnish), loppumaton (Finnish), 止められない (yamerarenai) (Japanese), interminável (Portuguese), interminabil (Romanian), бесконе́чный (beskonéčnyj) (Russian), беспредельный (bespredelʹnyj) (Russian), interminable (Spanish), нескінченний (neskinčennyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), безмежний (bezmežnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-interminable-en-adj-SeDIbvjZ Disambiguation of Time: 100 0

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/ [UK] Forms: interminables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French interminable, from Late Latin interminabilis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|interminable}} Middle French interminable, {{der|en|LL.|interminabilis}} Late Latin interminabilis Head templates: {{en-noun}} interminable (plural interminables)
  1. (mathematics, dated) A repeating decimal. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-interminable-en-noun-N7mYCo-k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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