noun · 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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Pronunciation
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/ˌɪnkəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪti/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree French incompatiblebor. English incompatible Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English incompatibility From incompatible + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
несъвместимост
(nesǎvmestimost)
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Catalan:
incompatibilitat
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Chinese Mandarin:
不相容
(bùxiāngróng)
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Dutch:
incompatibiliteit
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Dutch:
onverenigbaarheid
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Dutch:
strijdigheid
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Esperanto:
malakordo
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Finnish:
yhteensopimattomuus
— the quality or state of being incompatible
French:
incompatibilité
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Galician:
incompatibilidade
— the quality or state of being incompatible
German:
Unvereinberkeit
— the quality or state of being incompatible
German:
Inkompatibilität
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Greek:
ασυμβατότητα
(asymvatótita)
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Hindi:
असंगति
(asaṅgti)
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Indonesian:
inkompatibilitas
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Irish:
neamhréiteacht
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Irish:
neamh-chomhoiriúnacht
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Irish:
neamhfhreagracht
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Italian:
incompatibilità
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Japanese:
不相容
(fusōyō)
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Japanese:
対立
(tairitsu)
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Japanese:
矛盾
(mujun)
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Polish:
niezgodność
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Portuguese:
incompatibilidade
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Romanian:
incompatibilitate
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Russian:
несовмести́мость
(nesovmestímostʹ)
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Spanish:
incompatibilidad
— the quality or state of being incompatible
Tocharian B:
wirot
— the quality or state of being incompatible
