adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unseparable
Antonyms: separable, unannexable, uncombinable
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something that cannot be separated from something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not capable of being separated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
inseparable pieces of rock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
անբաժան
(anbažan)
— unable to be separated
Asturian:
inseparable
— unable to be separated
Belarusian:
неаддзе́льны
(njeaddzjélʹny)
— unable to be separated
Belarusian:
неразлу́чны
(njerazlúčny)
— unable to be separated
Bulgarian:
неразделен
(nerazdelen)
— unable to be separated
Catalan:
inseparable
— unable to be separated
Czech:
nerozlučný
— unable to be separated
Czech:
nerozlučitelný
— unable to be separated
Dutch:
onscheidbaar
— unable to be separated
Esperanto:
nedisigebla
— unable to be separated
Estonian:
lahutamatu
— unable to be separated
Estonian:
eraldamatu
— unable to be separated
Finnish:
erottamaton
— unable to be separated
French:
inséparable
— unable to be separated
Galician:
inseparable
— unable to be separated
German:
untrennbar
— unable to be separated
German:
unteilbar
— unable to be separated
German:
unzertrennlich
— unable to be separated
Greek:
αχώριστος
(achóristos)
— unable to be separated
Greek:
αδιαχώριστος
(adiachóristos)
— unable to be separated
Hindi:
अभिन्न
(abhinn)
— unable to be separated
Hungarian:
elválaszthatatlan
— unable to be separated
Icelandic:
óaðskiljanlegar
— unable to be separated
Italian:
inseparabile
— unable to be separated
Japanese:
切り離せない
(kirihanasenai)
— unable to be separated
Japanese:
分離できない
(bunri dekinai)
— unable to be separated
Japanese:
不可分の
(fukabun no)
— unable to be separated
Latvian:
nenodalāms
— unable to be separated
Latvian:
nešķirams
— unable to be separated
Macedonian:
неразделив
(nerazdeliv)
— unable to be separated
Norwegian Bokmål:
uatskillelig
— unable to be separated
Old English:
untōdǣledlīċ
— unable to be separated
Polish:
nierozłączny
— unable to be separated
Portuguese:
inseparável
— unable to be separated
Romanian:
inseparabil
— unable to be separated
Russian:
неотдели́мый
(neotdelímyj)
— unable to be separated
Russian:
неразлу́чный
(nerazlúčnyj)
— unable to be separated
Slovak:
nerozlučný
— unable to be separated
Spanish:
inseparable
— unable to be separated
Swedish:
oskiljaktig
— unable to be separated
Ottoman Turkish:
ملازم
(mülâzım)
— unable to be separated
Ukrainian:
невідді́льний
(neviddílʹnyj)
— unable to be separated
Ukrainian:
нерозлу́чний
(nerozlúčnyj)
— unable to be separated
