inexorable

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɛksɔɹəbəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɛksɹəb(ə)l/
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• General-American: /ɪnˈɛksɚəb(ə)l/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N EH1 K S ER0 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inexōrābilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + exōrābilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Exōrābilis is derived from exōrāre (from exōrō (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ōrō (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h3éh1os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). By surface analysis, in- + exorable.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: অনিবার্য (onibarjo) — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Catalan: inexorable — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Danish: ubønhørlig — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Dutch: onvermijdelijk — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Finnish: vääjäämätön — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• French: inexorable — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• German: unvermeidlich — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• German: unvermeidbar — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Greek: αδυσώπητος (adysópitos) — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Greek: αμείλικτος (ameíliktos) — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Ancient Greek: ἀπλάνητος (aplánētos) — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Hungarian: elkerülhetetlen — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Italian: inesorabile — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Korean: 멈출 수 없는 (meomchul su eomneun) — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Latin: inexōrābilis — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Macedonian: незапирлив (nezapirliv) — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Polish: nieubłagany — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Portuguese: inexorável — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Portuguese: inevitável — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Romanian: inevitabil — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Russian: неотвратимый (neotvratimyj) — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Spanish: inexorable — impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable
• Bulgarian: неумолим (neumolim) — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Catalan: inexorable — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Danish: ubønhørlig — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Dutch: onverbiddelijk — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Faroese: miskunnarleysur — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Faroese: eirindaleysur — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Finnish: heltymätön — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Finnish: järkähtämätön — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• German: unerbittlich — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• German: erbarmungslos — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Hungarian: kérlelhetetlen — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Hungarian: hajthatatlan — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Macedonian: неумолив (neumoliv) — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Macedonian: непопустлив (nepopustliv) — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Manx: neuaghinagh — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Norwegian: ubønnhørlig — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Polish: nieugięty — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Portuguese: inexorável — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Portuguese: inflexível — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Portuguese: implacável — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Romanian: inexorabil — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Russian: неумолимый (neumolimyj) — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Russian: непрекло́нный (nepreklónnyj) — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Serbo-Croatian: neumoljiv — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Serbo-Croatian: neumitan — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Spanish: inexorable — unable to be persuaded — see also relentless
• Finnish: järkkymätön — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe
• Finnish: järkähtämätön — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe
• German: unnachgiebig — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe
• German: unerbittlich — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe
• Hungarian: rendíthetetlen — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe
• Hungarian: eltántoríthatatlan — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe
• Hungarian: tántoríthatatlan — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe
• Romanian: inexorabil — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe
• Spanish: inexorable — adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe