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inextinguishable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Incapable of being extinguished or ended, not extinguishable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

difficult or impossible to extinguish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an inextinguishable flame
  • an inextinguishable faith

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: extinguishable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English extinguish Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English extinguishable English inextinguishable From in- + extinguishable.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անշեջ (anšeǰ) — incapable of being extinguished
  • Bulgarian: неугасим (neugasim) — incapable of being extinguished
  • Bulgarian: неутолим (neutolim) — incapable of being extinguished
  • Catalan: inextingible — incapable of being extinguished
  • Catalan: inapagable — incapable of being extinguished
  • French: inextinguible — incapable of being extinguished
  • Galician: inapagable — incapable of being extinguished
  • Galician: inapagábel — incapable of being extinguished
  • Galician: inextinguible — incapable of being extinguished
  • Galician: inextinguíbel — incapable of being extinguished
  • German: unlöschbar — incapable of being extinguished
  • Ancient Greek: ἄσβεστος (ásbestos) — incapable of being extinguished
  • Hungarian: olthatatlan — incapable of being extinguished
  • Hungarian: elolthatatlan — incapable of being extinguished
  • Italian: inestinguibile — incapable of being extinguished
  • Portuguese: inextinguível — incapable of being extinguished
  • Portuguese: inapagável — incapable of being extinguished
  • Spanish: inextinguible — incapable of being extinguished
  • Spanish: inapagable — incapable of being extinguished