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indeclinable

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British/ˌɪndɪˈklɑjnəb(ə)l/

indeclinable adjective: that one cannot decline; unavoidable.

Adjective

indeclinable (not comparable)

  1. 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.1994, Helen R. Myers, To Wed at Christmas, page 101
  2. Not grammatically declinable; having no inflections.

Noun

indeclinable (plural indeclinables)

  1. A word that is not grammatically inflected.

indeclinable meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Arabic

indeclinable in Hindi

indeclinable
अव्ययी avyayī, अविकारी avikārī

indeclinable in Tamil

உருத்திரிபு பெறாத, உருமாறாத, சிதையாத

indeclinable in Arabic

not grammatically declinable
مَبْنِيٌّ mabniyyun, غَيْرُ مُتَمَكِّنٍ ḡayru mutamakkinin

Synonyms of indeclinable

Forms of indeclinable

pluralindeclinables

Origin of indeclinable

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

Words formed from indeclinable

Questions about indeclinable

What does indeclinable mean?
Indeclinable means that one cannot decline; unavoidable.
What is indeclinable in Hindi?
Indeclinable in Hindi is अव्ययी (avyayī), अविकारी (avikārī). See Indeclinable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is indeclinable?
Indeclinable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce indeclinable?
Indeclinable is pronounced /ˌɪndɪˈklɑjnəb(ə)l/ (British).

Words near indeclinable in the dictionary

  1. indecisivenesses
  2. indecl.
  3. indeclarable
  4. indeclension
  5. indeclinability
  6. indeclinable
  7. indeclinableness
  8. indeclinables
  9. indeclinably
  10. indecomponible
  11. indecomposability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indeclinable (page history and authors); अविकारी (Hindi) (page history and authors); indeclinable (Tamil 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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