Standard Lemma guide

indeclinable

adj · noun · 3 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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  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˌɪndɪˈklɑjnəb(ə)l/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That one cannot decline; unavoidable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not grammatically declinable; having no inflections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A word that is not grammatically inflected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. Equivalent to in- + declinable.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَبْنِيٌّ (mabniyyun) — not grammatically declinable
  • Arabic: غَيْرُ مُتَمَكِّنٍ (ḡayru mutamakkinin) — not grammatically declinable
  • Belarusian: нескланя́льны (njesklanjálʹny) — not grammatically declinable
  • Bulgarian: несклоня́ем (nesklonjáem) — not grammatically declinable
  • Catalan: indeclinable — not grammatically declinable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不變格的 /不变格的 (bù biàngé de) — not grammatically declinable
  • Czech: nesklonný — not grammatically declinable
  • Danish: ubøjelig — not grammatically declinable
  • Dutch: onverbuigbaar — not grammatically declinable
  • Finnish: taipumaton — not grammatically declinable
  • French: indéclinable — not grammatically declinable
  • German: undeklinierbar — not grammatically declinable
  • German: indeklinabel — not grammatically declinable
  • Greek: άκλιτος (áklitos) — not grammatically declinable
  • Ancient Greek: ἄκλιτος (áklitos) — not grammatically declinable
  • Hungarian: ragozhatatlan — not grammatically declinable
  • Icelandic: óbeygjanlegur — not grammatically declinable
  • Ingrian: painumatoin — not grammatically declinable
  • Italian: indeclinabile — not grammatically declinable
  • Latin: indeclinabilis — not grammatically declinable
  • Norman: îndêclyinnabl'ye — not grammatically declinable
  • Old English: undeclīniġendlīċ — not grammatically declinable
  • Polish: nieodmienny — not grammatically declinable
  • Portuguese: invariável — not grammatically declinable
  • Portuguese: indeclinável — not grammatically declinable
  • Russian: несклоня́емый (nesklonjájemyj) — not grammatically declinable
  • Serbo-Croatian: нескло̀њив — not grammatically declinable
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏ндеклинабӣлан — not grammatically declinable
  • Serbo-Croatian: nesklònjiv — not grammatically declinable
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉndeklinabīlan — not grammatically declinable
  • Slovak: nesklonný — not grammatically declinable
  • Ukrainian: невідмі́нюваний (nevidmínjuvanyj) — not grammatically declinable