noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being indomitable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
indomitability
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ĭn-dŏm′ĭ-tə-bĭl′ĭ-tē
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˌdɒm.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˌdɔːm.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/ older
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Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ɪnˌdɑm.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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General-American: /ɪnˌdɔm.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ without the cot–caught merger
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Canada: /ɪnˌdɒm.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ without the cot–caught merger
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Australian: /ɪnˌdɔm.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/
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New-Zealand: /ənˌdɒm.ə.təˈbəl.ə.tiː/
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Scotland: /ɪnˌdɔm.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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India: /ɪnˌɖɔm.ɪ.ʈaˈbɪl.ɪ.ʈiː/
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rhymes with -ɪlɪti
noun
Meaning 2
The quality of being undefeated, resolute, and tenacious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the property being difficult or impossible to defeat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: invincibility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strength
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English indomitable Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English indomitability From indomitable + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Italian: indomabilità — the quality of being indomitable
- Polish: niezłomność — the quality of being indomitable
- Portuguese: indomabilidade — the quality of being indomitable
- Spanish: indomitibilidad — the quality of being indomitable
- Polish: niezłomność — the quality of being undefeated, resolute, and tenacious