adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ɪnˈkæl.kjə.lə.bəl/
[ɪnˈkhæɫ.kjəˌlə.bl̩]
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rhymes with -ælkjələbəl
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Impossible to calculate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incomputable
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: innumerable, unimaginable, huge
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
Examples
He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capricious, fickle
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
not capable of being computed or enumerated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: calculable
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English calculable English incalculable From in- + calculable.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
incalculable
— impossible to calculate
Czech:
nevypočitatelný
— impossible to calculate
French:
incalculable
— impossible to calculate
Galician:
incalculable
— impossible to calculate
Galician:
incalculábel
— impossible to calculate
German:
unabsehbar
— impossible to calculate
German:
unkalkulierbar
— impossible to calculate
Greek:
ανυπολόγιστος
(anypológistos)
— impossible to calculate
Italian:
incalcolabile
— impossible to calculate
Japanese:
計れない
(hakarenai)
— impossible to calculate
Japanese:
桁外れの
(ketahazure no)
— impossible to calculate
Japanese:
箆棒な
(berabō na)
— impossible to calculate
Polish:
nieobliczalny
— impossible to calculate
Portuguese:
incalculável
— impossible to calculate
Spanish:
incalculable
— impossible to calculate
Swedish:
oberäknelig
— impossible to calculate
Turkish:
hesapsız
— impossible to calculate
Ottoman Turkish:
حسابسز
(hisabsız)
— impossible to calculate
Belarusian:
незлічоны
(njezličóny)
— very great or numerous
Bengali:
বেশুমার
(beśumar)
— very great or numerous
Catalan:
incalculable
— very great or numerous
Finnish:
lukematon
— very great or numerous
French:
incalculable
— very great or numerous
Galician:
incalculable
— very great or numerous
Galician:
incalculábel
— very great or numerous
German:
unschätzbar
— very great or numerous
Greek:
ανυπολόγιστος
(anypológistos)
— very great or numerous
Italian:
incalcolabile
— very great or numerous
Japanese:
計り知れない
(hakarisirenai)
— very great or numerous
Japanese:
桁外れの
(ketahazure no)
— very great or numerous
Japanese:
莫大な
(bakudai na)
— very great or numerous
Japanese:
膨大な
(bōdai na)
— very great or numerous
Polish:
nieobliczalny
— very great or numerous
Portuguese:
incalculável
— very great or numerous
Spanish:
incalculable
— very great or numerous
Czech:
nevypočitatelný
— of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Dutch:
onberekenbaar
— of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Finnish:
arvaamaton
— of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
French:
imprévisible
— of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
German:
unberechenbar
— of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Japanese:
気紛れな
(kimagure na)
— of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Polish:
nieobliczalny
— of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
