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indomitable

adj · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl̩/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D AA1 M AH0 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

impossible to subdue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: never-say-die, unsubduable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Late Latin indomitābilis, from in- (“not”) + domitō, frequentative of domō (“to tame”). By surface analysis, in- + domitable.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неукротим (neukrotim) — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Catalan: indomable — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不屈不撓 /不屈不挠 (bùqūbùnáo) — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頑強 /顽强 (wánqiáng) — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Czech: nezlomný — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Czech: nezdolný — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Czech: nezkrotný — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Dutch: ontembaar — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Dutch: niet klein te krijgen — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Finnish: lannistumaton — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Finnish: peräänantamaton — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • French: indomptable — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • French: irréductible — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Galician: indomábel — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Galician: indomable — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • German: unerschütterlich — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • German: unbeugsam — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • German: unbezähmbar — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Greek: αδάμαστος (adámastos) — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Greek: ακατάβλητος (akatávlitos) — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Irish: dochloíte — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Italian: invitto — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Italian: indomito — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Polish: nieugięty — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Polish: niezłomny — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Portuguese: indómito — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Portuguese: indômito — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Portuguese: indomável — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Romanian: imbatabil — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Russian: неукротимый (neukrotimyj) — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Serbo-Croatian: neukrotiv — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Serbo-Croatian: nesavladiv — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Spanish: indomable — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Swedish: otämjbar — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Swedish: oregerlig — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Swedish: ostyrbar — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Swedish: genstörtig — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Swedish: okuvlig — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Tocharian B: ayātaitstse — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Ukrainian: невгамовний (nevhamovnyj) — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
  • Ukrainian: нестримний (nestrymnyj) — incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
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