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From Middle English impossible, equivalent to im- + possible.

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُسْتَحِيل (mustaḥīl) — not able to be done
• Arabic: محال (muḥāl) — not able to be done
• Armenian: անհնար (anhnar) — not able to be done
• Asturian: imposible — not able to be done
• Azerbaijani: qeyri-mümkün — not able to be done
• Azerbaijani: mümkünsüz — not able to be done
• Azerbaijani: həyata keçirilməz — not able to be done
• Azerbaijani: yerinə yetirilməz — not able to be done
• Belarusian: немагчы́мы (njemahčýmy) — not able to be done
• Belarusian: немажлі́вы (njemažlívy) — not able to be done
• Bulgarian: невъзмо́жен (nevǎzmóžen) — not able to be done
• Catalan: impossible — not able to be done
• Chinese Cantonese: 冇可能嘅 (mou5 ho2 nang4 ge3) — not able to be done
• Chinese Mandarin: 不可能的 (bù kěnéng de) — not able to be done
• Czech: nemožný — not able to be done
• Danish: umulig — not able to be done
• Dutch: onmogelijk — not able to be done
• Esperanto: neebla — not able to be done
• Estonian: võimatu — not able to be done
• Finnish: mahdoton — not able to be done
• French: impossible — not able to be done
• Galician: imposible — not able to be done
• Galician: imposíbel — not able to be done
• Georgian: შეუძლებელი (šeuʒlebeli) — not able to be done
• German: unmöglich — not able to be done
• Greek: ακατόρθωτος (akatórthotos) — not able to be done
• Ancient Greek: ἀδύνατος (adúnatos) — not able to be done
• Hebrew: בלתי־אפשרי (biltí-efsharí) — not able to be done
• Hindi: असंभव or असम्भव (asambhav) — not able to be done
• Hindi: नामुमकिन (nāmumkin) — not able to be done
• Hindi: अनहोनी (anhonī) — not able to be done
• Hungarian: lehetetlen — not able to be done
• Icelandic: ómögulegur — not able to be done
• Ido: neposibla — not able to be done
• Indonesian: mustahil — not able to be done
• Interlingua: impossibile — not able to be done
• Italian: impossibile — not able to be done
• Japanese: 不可能な (fukanō na) — not able to be done
• Japanese: 無理な (muri na) — not able to be done
• Kapampangan: emalyari — not able to be done
• Kapampangan: emayari — not able to be done
• Khmer: មិនអាចទៅរួច (mɨn ʼaac tɨw ruəc) — not able to be done
• Korean: 불가능하다 (bulganeunghada) — not able to be done
• Kyrgyz: мүмкүнсүз (mümkünsüz) — not able to be done
• Latvian: neiespējams — not able to be done
• Latvian: neiespējama — not able to be done
• Lithuanian: neįmanoma — not able to be done
• Macedonian: невозможен (nevozmožen) — not able to be done
• Malay: mustahil — not able to be done
• Malayalam: അസാധ്യ (asādhya) — not able to be done
• Manx: neuchredjallagh — not able to be done
• Māori: tē-taea — not able to be done
• Marathi: अशक्य (aśakya) — not able to be done
• Nepali: असम्भव (asambhav) — not able to be done
• Norman: împôssibl'ye — not able to be done
• Norwegian: umulig — not able to be done
• Old English: unmihtlīċ — not able to be done
• Persian: غیرممکن (ġeyr-e-momken) — not able to be done
• Plautdietsch: ommäajlich — not able to be done
• Polish: niemożliwy — not able to be done
• Portuguese: impossível — not able to be done
• Romanian: imposibil — not able to be done
• Romansh: nunpussaivel — not able to be done
• Russian: невозмо́жный (nevozmóžnyj) — not able to be done
• Russian: невыполнимый (nevypolnimyj) — not able to be done
• Russian: неосуществи́мый (neosuščestvímyj) — not able to be done
• Northern Sami: veadjemeahttun — not able to be done
• Scottish Gaelic: do-dhèanta — not able to be done
• Serbo-Croatian: немогућ — not able to be done
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅmogūć — not able to be done
• Slovak: nemožný — not able to be done
• Slovene: nemogoč — not able to be done
• Slovene: nemogoča — not able to be done
• Slovene: nemogoče — not able to be done
• Spanish: imposible — not able to be done
• Spanish: inasumible — not able to be done
• Swedish: omöjlig — not able to be done
• Swedish: ogörlig — not able to be done
• Swedish: orealiserbar — not able to be done
• Tagalog: di-sapala — not able to be done
• Tarifit: muḥar — not able to be done
• Thai: เป็นไปไม่ได้ — not able to be done
• Turkish: olanaksız — not able to be done
• Turkish: imkânsız — not able to be done
• Ukrainian: неможли́вий (nemožlývyj) — not able to be done
• Urdu: اسمبھو (asambhav) — not able to be done
• Urdu: ناممکن (nāmumkin) — not able to be done
• Urdu: ان ہونی (an honī) — not able to be done
• Vietnamese: không thể — not able to be done
• Vietnamese: bất khả thi — not able to be done
• Welsh: amhosibl — not able to be done
• West Frisian: ûnmooglik — not able to be done
• Asturian: imposible — very difficult to deal with
• Asturian: insoportable — very difficult to deal with
• Azerbaijani: qeyri-mümkün — very difficult to deal with
• Bulgarian: неосъществим (neosǎštestvim) — very difficult to deal with
• Bulgarian: неизпълним (neizpǎlnim) — very difficult to deal with
• Catalan: impossible — very difficult to deal with
• Catalan: insuportable — very difficult to deal with
• Czech: nemožný — very difficult to deal with
• Danish: umulig — very difficult to deal with
• Finnish: mahdoton — very difficult to deal with
• Finnish: kauhea — very difficult to deal with
• Finnish: kamala — very difficult to deal with
• French: insupportable — very difficult to deal with
• French: impossible — very difficult to deal with
• German: unmöglich — very difficult to deal with
• Greek: αδύνατο (adýnato) — very difficult to deal with
• Greek: αφόρητο (afórito) — very difficult to deal with
• Greek: απειλητικό (apeilitikó) — very difficult to deal with
• Greek: ανίσχυρο (aníschyro) — very difficult to deal with
• Greek: ανέφικτο (anéfikto) — very difficult to deal with
• Hungarian: lehetetlen — very difficult to deal with
• Hungarian: nehéz — very difficult to deal with
• Interlingua: insupportabile — very difficult to deal with
• Italian: insopportabile — very difficult to deal with
• Italian: impossibile — very difficult to deal with
• Kapampangan: masakit — very difficult to deal with
• Kapampangan: kasakit — very difficult to deal with
• Portuguese: impossível — very difficult to deal with
• Portuguese: insuportável — very difficult to deal with
• Russian: нереальный (nerealʹnyj) — very difficult to deal with
• Russian: невозмо́жный (nevozmóžnyj) — very difficult to deal with
• Russian: невыполнимый (nevypolnimyj) — very difficult to deal with
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅmogūć — very difficult to deal with
• Serbo-Croatian: nepodnòšljiv — very difficult to deal with
• Serbo-Croatian: neizdr̀živ — very difficult to deal with
• Slovene: nemogoč — very difficult to deal with
• Slovene: nemogoča — very difficult to deal with
• Slovene: nemogoče — very difficult to deal with
• Spanish: insoportable — very difficult to deal with
• Swedish: omöjlig — very difficult to deal with
• Azerbaijani: qeyri-mümkün — never happening
• Bulgarian: невероятен (neverojaten) — never happening
• Chinese Mandarin: 不會發生 /不会发生 (Bù huì fāshēng) — never happening
• Danish: umuligt — never happening
• French: impossible — never happening
• German: unmöglich — never happening
• Italian: impossibile — never happening
• Japanese: 不可能な (fukanō na) — never happening
• Japanese: ありえない (arienai) — never happening
• Kapampangan: malaut — never happening
• Kapampangan: marayu — never happening
• Polish: niemożliwy — never happening
• Portuguese: impossível — never happening
• Russian: несбыточный (nesbytočnyj) — never happening
• Russian: недостижи́мый (nedostižímyj) — never happening
• Spanish: imposible — never happening
• Arabic: مُسْتَحِيل (mustaḥīl) — an impossibility
• Catalan: impossible — an impossibility
• Danish: umulighed — an impossibility
• Greek: ακατόρθωτο (akatórthoto) — an impossibility
• Greek: αδύνατο (adýnato) — an impossibility
• Greek: αδιανόητο (adianóito) — an impossibility
• Italian: impossibile — an impossibility
• Malayalam: അസാധ്യം (asādhyaṁ) — an impossibility
• Spanish: imposible — an impossibility