inalienable
UK/ɪˈneɪ.lɪ.ə.nə.bəl/US/ɪˈneɪ.li.ə.nə.bəl/
inalienable adjective: not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.
Adjective
inalienable (not comparable)
- Not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.
- Near-synonyms: indelible, unsurrenderable, permanent
- An inalienable right is a right that cannot be given away nor taken away.
- Synonyms:
- unalienable, indelible, unsurrenderable, permanent
- Antonyms:
- alienable
- Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts, regarding permanence.
- Just as some languages have a "be" for permanent states (which are essential) and a different "be" for temporary states (which are incidental), some languages have a "have" for unchangeable possession (which is inalienable) and a different "have" for changeable possession (which is alienable).
- Synonyms:
- unalienable
- Antonyms:
- alienable
inalienable meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
inalienable in Tamil
- மாற்றிக் கொடுக்க இயலாத, மாற்றித்தர இயலாத
inalienable in Bengali
- অবিচ্ছেদ্য, অহস্তান্তরযোগ্য
inalienable in Malayalam
- non-trnsferable, untransferable, non-negotiable
- കെെമാറ്റം ചെയ്യാനാവാത്ത, കെെമാറ്റം ചെയ്യരുതാത്ത, ക്രയവിക്രയം ചെയ്യാനാവാത്ത, നഷ്ടപ്പെടാനൊക്കാത്ത, വിൽക്കാൻ പാടില്ലാത്ത, അന്യാധീനപ്പെടുത്താൻ വഹിയാത്ത
inalienable in Kannada
- ಬೇರೊಬ್ಬರಿಗೆ ವರ್ಗಾಯಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಪರಾಧೀನ ಮಾಡಲಾಗದ, ಪರಭಾರೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗದ, ಹಸ್ತಾಂತರಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಮಾರೆಡೆಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗದ
Synonyms of inalienable
Antonyms
Origin of inalienable
Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”), equivalent to in- + alienable.
Words formed from inalienable
Questions about inalienable
- What does inalienable mean?
- Inalienable means not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.
- What is inalienable in Tamil?
- Inalienable in Tamil is மாற்றிக் கொடுக்க இயலாத, மாற்றித்தர இயலாத. See Inalienable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inalienable?
- Inalienable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inalienable?
- Inalienable is pronounced /ɪˈneɪ.lɪ.ə.nə.bəl/ (UK).
Words near inalienable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inalienable (page history and authors); inalienable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inalienable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inalienable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inalienable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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