adj
Meaning 1
Beyond imitation, surpassing all others; matchless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: imitable, commonplace
Standard Lemma guide
inimitable
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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/ɪnˈɪmɪtəbl̩/
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
defying imitation; matchless
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an inimitable style
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French inimitable, from Latin inimitabilis, corresponding to in- + imitable.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неподражаем (nepodražaem) — beyond imitation
- Dutch: onnavolgbaar — beyond imitation
- Esperanto: neimitebla — beyond imitation
- Finnish: jäljittelemätön — beyond imitation
- French: inimitable — beyond imitation
- German: unnachahmlich — beyond imitation
- Greek: αμίμητος (amímitos) — beyond imitation
- Hungarian: utánozhatatlan — beyond imitation
- Japanese: 真似を許さない (mane wo yurusanai) — beyond imitation
- Japanese: 独特の (dokutoku no) — beyond imitation
- Manx: neuarrishagh — beyond imitation
- Polish: niepowtarzalny — beyond imitation
- Polish: niezrównany — beyond imitation
- Polish: niepodrabialny — beyond imitation
- Portuguese: inimitável — beyond imitation
- Spanish: inimitable — beyond imitation
- Turkish: benzersiz — beyond imitation
- Turkish: eşsiz — beyond imitation
Real reading context