improbable

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• General-American: /ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɒbəbl̩/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P R AA1 B AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin improbābilis. By surface analysis, im- + probable.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: անհավանական (anhavanakan) — not likely to be true
• Belarusian: непраўдападо́бны (njeprawdapadóbny) — not likely to be true
• Bulgarian: неправдоподо́бен (nepravdopodóben) — not likely to be true
• Catalan: improbable — not likely to be true
• Czech: nepravděpodobný — not likely to be true
• Dutch: onwaarschijnlijk — not likely to be true
• Finnish: epätodennäköinen — not likely to be true
• French: invraisemblable — not likely to be true
• Georgian: არასარწმუნო (arasarc̣muno) — not likely to be true
• Georgian: წარმოუდგენელი (c̣armoudgeneli) — not likely to be true
• Georgian: არადამაჯერებელი (aradamaǯerebeli) — not likely to be true
• Georgian: დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli) — not likely to be true
• Georgian: დამაჯერებლობას მოკლებული (damaǯereblobas moḳlebuli) — not likely to be true
• Georgian: ნაკლებად შესაძლებელი (naḳlebad šesaʒlebeli) — not likely to be true
• Georgian: ნაკლებად სავარაუდო (naḳlebad savaraudo) — not likely to be true
• German: unwahrscheinlich — not likely to be true
• Greek: απίθανος (apíthanos) — not likely to be true
• Hungarian: valószínűtlen — not likely to be true
• Japanese: 疑わしい (utagawashii) — not likely to be true
• Japanese: 低確率の (teikakuritsu no) — not likely to be true
• Polish: nieprawdopododny — not likely to be true
• Portuguese: improvável — not likely to be true
• Romanian: improbabil — not likely to be true
• Russian: неправдоподо́бный (nepravdopodóbnyj) — not likely to be true
• Slovak: nepravdepodobný — not likely to be true
• Spanish: improbable — not likely to be true
• Spanish: inverosímil — not likely to be true
• Swedish: osannolik — not likely to be true
• Ukrainian: неправдоподі́бний (nepravdopodíbnyj) — not likely to be true
• Armenian: անհավանական (anhavanakan) — not likely to happen
• Belarusian: невераго́дны (njevjerahódny) — not likely to happen
• Bulgarian: невероя́тен (neverojáten) — not likely to happen
• Danish: usandsynlig — not likely to happen
• Dutch: onwaarschijnlijk — not likely to happen
• Finnish: epätodennäköinen — not likely to happen
• French: improbable — not likely to happen
• Galician: improbable — not likely to happen
• German: unwahrscheinlich — not likely to happen
• Greek: απίθανος (apíthanos) — not likely to happen
• Hungarian: valószínűtlen — not likely to happen
• Japanese: 疑わしい (utagawashii) — not likely to happen
• Japanese: 低確率の (teikakuritsu no) — not likely to happen
• Portuguese: improvável — not likely to happen
• Russian: невероя́тный (neverojátnyj) — not likely to happen
• Spanish: improbable — not likely to happen
• Swedish: osannolik — not likely to happen
• Swedish: föga troligt — not likely to happen
• Ukrainian: неймові́рний (nejmovírnyj) — not likely to happen