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immiscible

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M IH1 S AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of two or more liquids that are not mutually soluble: unmixable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • A mixture of oil, water, and mercury forms three immiscible layers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

(chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: non-miscible, unmixable

Antonyms: miscible

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- English miscible English immiscible From im- + miscible.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: несмесваем (nesmesvaem) — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • French: immiscible — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Galician: inmiscíbel — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Galician: inmiscible — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • German: unvermischbar — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Italian: immiscibile — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Manx: neuchoveshtagh — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Māori: tauranukore — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Occitan: immiscible — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Portuguese: imiscível — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Romanian: neamestecabil — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Russian: несмешиваемые (nesmešivajemyje) — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Spanish: inmiscible — not mutually soluble, unmixable
  • Turkish: karışmaz — not mutually soluble, unmixable