inevitable

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.tə.bɫ̩]
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• Canada, General-American: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
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• Canada, General-American: [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩]
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• Australian: /ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/
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• Australian: [ɪˈnev.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N EH1 V AH0 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pashmangshëm — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Arabic: حَتْمِيّ (ḥatmiyy) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Asturian: inevitable — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Azerbaijani: qaçılmaz — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Belarusian: няўхі́льны (njawxílʹny) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Belarusian: няміну́чы (njaminúčy) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Belarusian: непазбе́жны (njepazbjéžny) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Bengali: অনিবার্য (onibarjo) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Bulgarian: неизбе́жен (neizbéžen) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Catalan: inevitable — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Chinese Mandarin: 不可避免 (bùkě bìmiǎn) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Chinese Mandarin: 總會 /总会 (zǒnghuì) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Chinese Mandarin: 無可避免 /无可避免 (wúkě bìmiǎn) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Czech: nevyhnutelný — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Danish: uundgåelig — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Danish: nødvendig — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Dutch: onvermijdelijk — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Dutch: onafwendbaar — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Esperanto: neevitebla — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Estonian: vältimatu — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Faroese: óumberligur — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Faroese: óundansleppandi — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Finnish: väistämätön — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Finnish: vääjäämätön — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Finnish: välttämätön — impossible to avoid or prevent
• French: inévitable — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Galician: inevitable — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Galician: inevitábel — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Georgian: გარდაუვალი (gardauvali) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Georgian: აუცილებელი (aucilebeli) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• German: unvermeidlich — impossible to avoid or prevent
• German: unabwendbar — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Greek: αναπόφευκτος (anapófefktos) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Ancient Greek: ἄφυκτος (áphuktos) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Ancient Greek: ἀνέκφευκτος (anékpheuktos) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Hindi: अटल (aṭal) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Hindi: अपरिहार्य (aprihārya) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Hindi: अनिवार्य (anivārya) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Hindi: अवश्यंभावी (avaśyambhāvī) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Hindi: नागुज़ीर (nāguzīr) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Hindi: लाज़िम (lāzim) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Hindi: लाज़िमी (lāzimī) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Hungarian: elkerülhetetlen — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Icelandic: óhjákvæmilegur — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Icelandic: óumflýjanlegur — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Italian: inevitabile — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Japanese: 不可避の (fukahi no) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Japanese: 避けられない (sakerarenai) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Kazakh: болары анық (bolary anyq) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Kazakh: даусыз (dausyz) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Kazakh: болмай қоймайтын (bolmai qoimaityn) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Korean: 피할 수 없는 (pihal su eomneun) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Latin: inevitabilis — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Macedonian: неизбежен (neizbežen) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Marathi: अपरिहार्य (aprihārya) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Norwegian Bokmål: uunngåelig — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Norwegian Bokmål: nødvendig — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uunngåeleg — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: naudsynleg — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Occitan: inevitable — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Old English: unforbugendlīċ — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Persian: حتمی (hatmi) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Persian: حتمیالوقوع (hatmi-ol-voqu') — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Persian: ناگزیر (nâgozir) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Polish: nieunikniony — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Portuguese: inevitável — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Romanian: inevitabil — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Romanian: neocolibil — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Russian: неизбе́жный (neizbéžnyj) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Russian: немину́емый (neminújemyj) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Russian: неотврати́мый (neotvratímyj) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Slovak: neodvratný — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Spanish: inevitable — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Swedish: oundviklig — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Swedish: ofrånkomlig — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Swedish: oundgänglig — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Tamil: இன்றியமையாதது (iṉṟiyamaiyātatu) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Turkish: kaçınılmaz — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Ukrainian: немину́чий (nemynúčyj) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Ukrainian: невідворо́тний (nevidvorótnyj) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Urdu: ناگزیر (nāguzīr) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Urdu: اٹل (aṭal) — impossible to avoid or prevent
• Czech: zákonitý — predictable, or always happening
• Czech: očekávatelný — predictable, or always happening
• Czech: předvídatelný — predictable, or always happening
• Dutch: voorspelbaar — predictable, or always happening
• Finnish: ennalta arvattava — predictable, or always happening
• French: inévitable — predictable, or always happening
• German: zwangsläufig — predictable, or always happening
• Italian: inevitabile — predictable, or always happening
• Japanese: 必至の (hisshi no) — predictable, or always happening
• Japanese: 必然の (hitsuzen no) — predictable, or always happening
• Japanese: 当然の (tōzen no) — predictable, or always happening
• Japanese: 確実な (kakujitsu na) — predictable, or always happening
• Romanian: inevitabil — predictable, or always happening
• Russian: неизбе́жный (neizbéžnyj) — predictable, or always happening
• Russian: немину́емый (neminújemyj) — predictable, or always happening
• Arabic: سورة الواقعة — 56th sura of the Qur'an
• Uyghur: ۋاقىئە (waqi'e) — 56th sura of the Qur'an