intractable

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English tractable English intractable From in- + tractable.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: неподатлив (nepodatliv) — not tractable
• Bulgarian: непокорен (nepokoren) — not tractable
• Catalan: intractable — not tractable
• Chinese Mandarin: 難控制的 /难控制的 (nán kòngzhì de) — not tractable
• Chinese Mandarin: 難解決的 /难解决的 (nán jiějué de) — not tractable
• Czech: nezvladatelný — not tractable
• Dutch: onhandelbaar — not tractable
• Finnish: vaikea — not tractable
• Finnish: hankala — not tractable
• Finnish: uppiniskainen — not tractable
• Finnish: itsepäinen — not tractable
• Finnish: omapäinen — not tractable
• French: ingouvernable — not tractable
• German: schwer handhabbar — not tractable
• German: verfahren — not tractable
• Hungarian: szívós — not tractable
• Hungarian: kezelhetetlen — not tractable
• Hungarian: engedetlen — not tractable
• Hungarian: rakoncátlan — not tractable
• Hungarian: fegyelmezhetetlen — not tractable
• Latin: intractābilis — not tractable
• Occitan: intractable — not tractable
• Russian: неуправляемый (neupravljajemyj) — not tractable
• Serbo-Croatian: intraktabilan — not tractable
• Serbo-Croatian: nesavladiv — not tractable
• Spanish: inmanejable — not tractable
• Swedish: ohanterlig — not tractable
• Dutch: moeilijk — mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve
• Finnish: vaikea ratkaista — mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve
• French: intraitable — mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve
• German: unlenksam — mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve
• Hungarian: nehéz — mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve
• Russian: трудная (trudnaja) — mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve
• Russian: тру́дный (trúdnyj) — mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve
• Spanish: intratable — mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve
• Finnish: vaikea — of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage
• Finnish: hankala — of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage
• Finnish: visainen — of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage
• Russian: трудноразрешимый (trudnorazrešimyj) — of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage
• Spanish: intratable — of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage
• Bulgarian: упорит (uporit) — stubborn, obstinate
• Chinese Mandarin: 倔強 /倔强 (juéjiàng) — stubborn, obstinate
• Dutch: obstinaat — stubborn, obstinate
• Dutch: koppig — stubborn, obstinate
• Finnish: itsepäinen — stubborn, obstinate
• Finnish: omapäinen — stubborn, obstinate
• Finnish: omavaltainen — stubborn, obstinate
• Finnish: vaikea — stubborn, obstinate
• French: intraitable — stubborn, obstinate
• French: buté — stubborn, obstinate
• German: störrisch — stubborn, obstinate
• German: stur — stubborn, obstinate
• Hungarian: makacs — stubborn, obstinate
• Hungarian: konok — stubborn, obstinate
• Hungarian: hajthatatlan — stubborn, obstinate
• Hungarian: csökönyös — stubborn, obstinate
• Māori: kakī mārō — stubborn, obstinate
• Māori: upoko mārō — stubborn, obstinate
• Occitan: intractable — stubborn, obstinate
• Russian: упря́мый (uprjámyj) — stubborn, obstinate
• Russian: непода́тливый (nepodátlivyj) — stubborn, obstinate
• Russian: непоко́рный (nepokórnyj) — stubborn, obstinate
• Spanish: obstinado — stubborn, obstinate
• Swedish: omedgörlig — stubborn, obstinate
• Ottoman Turkish: صارپ (sarp) — stubborn, obstinate
• Bulgarian: упорит (uporit) — medicine: difficult to treat
• Chinese Mandarin: 難治癒的 /难治愈的 (nán zhìyù de) — medicine: difficult to treat
• Finnish: itsepintainen — medicine: difficult to treat
• Finnish: vaikea — medicine: difficult to treat
• French: intraitable — medicine: difficult to treat
• German: schwierig zu behandeln — medicine: difficult to treat
• Hungarian: makacs — medicine: difficult to treat
• Occitan: intractable — medicine: difficult to treat
• Russian: трудноизлечи́мый (trudnoizlečímyj) — medicine: difficult to treat
• Spanish: intratable — medicine: difficult to treat
• Swedish: svårbehandlad — medicine: difficult to treat