indeclinable

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indeclinable

  • /ˌɪndɪˈklɑjnəb(ə)l/ British, Southern, Standard

Where it comes from

From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. Equivalent to in- + declinable.

adjective

  1. not comparable That one cannot decline; unavoidable. He'd planned to work a double shift Friday night, but Gladys Silverman's indeclinable invitation threw a hefty wrench into David's plans.
  2. not comparable, of a word Not grammatically declinable; having no inflections.

Similar: undeclinable

noun indeclinables

  1. A word that is not grammatically inflected.

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adjective

Similar: undeclinable

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adj not grammatically declinable

中文不變格的 /不变格的 bù biàngé de
Portuguêsinvariável, indeclinável
Françaisindéclinable
Deutschundeklinierbar, indeklinabel
Italianoindeclinabile
Ελληνικάάκλιτος áklitos
Русскийнесклоня́емый nesklonjájemyj
العربيةمَبْنِيّ mabniyy, غَيْرُ مُتَمَكِّنٍ ḡayru mutamakkinin

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"indeclinable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/indeclinable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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indeclinable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/indeclinable

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@misc{indeclinable_2026,
  title = {indeclinable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/indeclinable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}