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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti/
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CMU ARPABET:IH2 N EH2 V IH0 T AH0 B IH1 L IH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being inevitable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An inevitable condition or outcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the quality of being unavoidable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree English inevitable Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English inevitability From inevitable + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
qaçılmazlıq
— the condition of being inevitable
Dutch:
onvermijdelijkheid
— the condition of being inevitable
Finnish:
väistämättömyys
— the condition of being inevitable
Georgian:
გარდაუვალობა
(gardauvaloba)
— the condition of being inevitable
German:
Unvermeidlichkeit
— the condition of being inevitable
German:
Zwangsläufigkeit
— the condition of being inevitable
German:
Unausweichlichkeit
— the condition of being inevitable
Greek:
αναπόφευκτο
(anapófefkto)
— the condition of being inevitable
Hindi:
अपरिहार्यता
(aprihāryatā)
— the condition of being inevitable
Hungarian:
elkerülhetetlenség
— the condition of being inevitable
Japanese:
不可避
(fukahi)
— the condition of being inevitable
Japanese:
必然
(hitsuzen)
— the condition of being inevitable
Japanese:
必然性
(hitsuzensei)
— the condition of being inevitable
Romanian:
inevitabilitate
— the condition of being inevitable
Russian:
неизбе́жность
(neizbéžnostʹ)
— the condition of being inevitable
Russian:
неотврати́мость
(neotvratímostʹ)
— the condition of being inevitable
Spanish:
inevitabilidad
— the condition of being inevitable
Swedish:
oundviklighet
— the condition of being inevitable
Swedish:
ofrånkomlighet
— the condition of being inevitable
Ukrainian:
немину́чість
(nemynúčistʹ)
— the condition of being inevitable
Ukrainian:
невідворо́тність
(nevidvorótnistʹ)
— the condition of being inevitable
Dutch:
onvermijdelijkheid
— an inevitable condition or outcome
Finnish:
väistämättömyys
— an inevitable condition or outcome
German:
Zwangsläufigkeit
— an inevitable condition or outcome
German:
Unausweichlichkeit
— an inevitable condition or outcome
Greek:
αναπόφευκτο
(anapófefkto)
— an inevitable condition or outcome
Romanian:
inevitabilitate
— an inevitable condition or outcome
Swedish:
oundviklighet
— an inevitable condition or outcome
Swedish:
ofrånkomlighet
— an inevitable condition or outcome