"irreplaceable" meaning in English

See irreplaceable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-irreplaceable.wav
Etymology: From ir- + replaceable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|replaceable|alt1=ir}} ir- + replaceable Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} irreplaceable (not comparable)
  1. Incapable of being replaced, especially because of uniqueness or finiteness. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: irreplaceability, irreplaceably, irreplaceableness Translations (that cannot be replaced): незаме́нны (njezamjénny) (Belarusian), незаменим (nezamenim) (Bulgarian), irreemplaçable (Catalan), insubstituïble (Catalan), nenahraditelný [masculine] (Czech), onvervangbaar (Dutch), neanstataŭigebla (Esperanto), korvaamaton (Finnish), irremplaçable (French), insubstituable (French), insubstituíble (Galician), insubstituíbel (Galician), unersetzbar (German), unersetzlich (German), pótolhatatlan (Hungarian), insostituibile (Italian), neaizstājams (Latvian), незаменлив (nezamenliv) (Macedonian), uerstattelig (Norwegian Bokmål), uerstatteleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), irreemplaçable (Occitan), irremplaçable (Occitan), niezastąpiony [masculine] (Polish), insubstituível (Portuguese), незамени́мый (nezamenímyj) (Russian), irreemplazable (Spanish), insustituible (Spanish), незамі́нний (nezamínnyj) (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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