adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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UK:/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn.ə.bəl/
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adj
Meaning 1
Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A repeating decimal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
endless debates
an endless conversation
the wait seemed eternal
eternal quarreling
an interminable sermon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: endless, eternal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
безкраен
(bezkraen)
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Catalan:
interminable
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Esperanto:
nefiniĝebla
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Finnish:
loputon
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Finnish:
keskeytymätön
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Finnish:
loppumaton
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Japanese:
止められない
(yamerarenai)
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Korean:
끝없는
(kkeudeomneun)
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Marathi:
असमाप्य
(asmāpya)
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Portuguese:
interminável
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Romanian:
interminabil
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Russian:
бесконе́чный
(beskonéčnyj)
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Russian:
беспредельный
(bespredelʹnyj)
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Spanish:
interminable
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Ukrainian:
нескінченний
(neskinčennyj)
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
Ukrainian:
безмежний
(bezmežnyj)
— existing or occurring without interruption or end
