indispensable

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/
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• Australian: /ˌɪndɪˈspensəbəl/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D IH0 S P EH1 N S AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable.

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: አስፈላጊ (ʾäsfälagi) — absolutely necessary
• Belarusian: абавязко́вы (abavjazkóvy) — absolutely necessary
• Bengali: অত্যাবশ্যক (ottabośśok) — absolutely necessary
• Bengali: অতি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (oti guruttopurno) — absolutely necessary
• Bengali: অতি প্রয়োজনীয় (oti proẏōjoniẏo) — absolutely necessary
• Bengali: অতি জরুরি (oti joruri) — absolutely necessary
• Bulgarian: необходим (neobhodim) — absolutely necessary
• Catalan: indispensable — absolutely necessary
• Chinese Mandarin: 必要的 — absolutely necessary
• Dutch: onontbeerlijk — absolutely necessary
• Finnish: olennainen — absolutely necessary
• Finnish: välttämätön — absolutely necessary
• French: indispensable — absolutely necessary
• Galician: indispensábel — absolutely necessary
• Galician: imprescindíbel — absolutely necessary
• German: unentbehrlich — absolutely necessary
• Greek: αναντικατάστατος (anantikatástatos) — absolutely necessary
• Hindi: अपरिहार्य (aprihārya) — absolutely necessary
• Hungarian: nélkülözhetetlen — absolutely necessary
• Icelandic: ómissandi — absolutely necessary
• Irish: riachtanach — absolutely necessary
• Latin: indispensābilis — absolutely necessary
• Norwegian Bokmål: uunnværlig — absolutely necessary
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uunnverleg — absolutely necessary
• Portuguese: indispensável — absolutely necessary
• Portuguese: imprescindível — absolutely necessary
• Russian: необходи́мый (neobxodímyj) — absolutely necessary
• Russian: непрело́жный (neprelóžnyj) — absolutely necessary
• Russian: обяза́тельный (objazátelʹnyj) — absolutely necessary
• Slovak: nutné — absolutely necessary
• Slovak: nevyhnutne potrebné — absolutely necessary
• Slovak: neodmysliteľný — absolutely necessary
• Spanish: imprescindible — absolutely necessary
• Spanish: indispensable — absolutely necessary
• Spanish: indefectible — absolutely necessary
• Swedish: oumbärlig — absolutely necessary
• Thai: ขาดไม่ได้ — absolutely necessary
• Turkish: elzem — absolutely necessary
• Turkish: zaruri — absolutely necessary
• Ukrainian: обов'язко́вий (obovʺjazkóvyj) — absolutely necessary
• Bulgarian: недопускащ изключения (nedopuskašt izključenija) — not subject to exemption
• Chinese Mandarin: 必不可少的 — not subject to exemption
• Czech: nepostradatelný — not subject to exemption
• Dutch: onmisbaar — not subject to exemption
• Finnish: ehdoton — not subject to exemption
• Galician: indispensábel — not subject to exemption
• German: ausnahmlos — not subject to exemption
• German: grundsätzlich — not subject to exemption
• Norwegian Bokmål: uten unntak — not subject to exemption
• Norwegian Bokmål: unntaksløs — not subject to exemption
• Norwegian Bokmål: unntakslaus — not subject to exemption
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utan unnatak — not subject to exemption
• Portuguese: indispensável — not subject to exemption
• Romanian: indispensabil — not subject to exemption
• Russian: неотъе́млемый (neotʺjémlemyj) — not subject to exemption
• Serbo-Croatian: neophodan — not subject to exemption
• Spanish: indispensable — not subject to exemption
• Turkish: istisnasız — not subject to exemption
• Turkish: muafiyetsiz — not subject to exemption
• Asturian: indispensable — not dispensable
• Belarusian: незаме́нны (njezamjénny) — not dispensable
• Belarusian: неабхо́дны (njeabxódny) — not dispensable
• Bengali: অত্যাবশ্যক (ottabośśok) — not dispensable
• Bengali: অতি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (oti guruttopurno) — not dispensable
• Bengali: অতি প্রয়োজনীয় (oti proẏōjoniẏo) — not dispensable
• Bengali: অতি জরুরি (oti joruri) — not dispensable
• Catalan: indispensable — not dispensable
• Dutch: onmisbaar — not dispensable
• Esperanto: nemalhavebla — not dispensable
• Finnish: välttämätön — not dispensable
• Finnish: korvaamaton — not dispensable
• French: indispensable — not dispensable
• Galician: indispensábel — not dispensable
• Galician: indispensable — not dispensable
• Galician: imprescindíbel — not dispensable
• Galician: imprescindible — not dispensable
• Georgian: აუცილებელი (aucilebeli) — not dispensable
• German: unverzichtbar — not dispensable
• Hindi: अपरिहार्य (aprihārya) — not dispensable
• Hungarian: kihagyhatatlan — not dispensable
• Hungarian: elmaradhatatlan — not dispensable
• Hungarian: nélkülözhetetlen — not dispensable
• Hungarian: elengedhetetlen — not dispensable
• Interlingua: indispensabile — not dispensable
• Italian: indispensabile — not dispensable
• Polish: niezbędny — not dispensable
• Polish: nieodzowny — not dispensable
• Portuguese: indispensável — not dispensable
• Romanian: indispensabil — not dispensable
• Russian: незамени́мый (lit.: irreplaceable) — not dispensable
• Russian: необходи́мый (neobxodímyj) — not dispensable
• Slovak: nepostrádateľný — not dispensable
• Spanish: indispensable — not dispensable
• Swedish: oumbärlig — not dispensable
• Swedish: oundgänglig — not dispensable
• Swedish: omistlig — not dispensable
• Ukrainian: незамі́нний (nezamínnyj) — not dispensable
• Ukrainian: необхі́дний (neobxídnyj) — not dispensable