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inviolate

adj · 4 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: /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/
  • UK: /ɪnˈvaɪ.əʊˌleɪt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N V AY1 AH0 L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unviolate

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Incorruptible.

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

(of a woman) having the hymen unbroken

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was intact, virginal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intact

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

must be kept sacred

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inviolable, sacrosanct

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English inviolat, inviolate, from Latin inviolātus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + violate (adjective).

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Old Armenian: կոյս (koys) — Translations
  • French: inviolé — Translations
  • German: unbeschadet — Translations
  • Greek: απαραβίαστος (aparavíastos) — Translations
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκραιφνής (akraiphnḗs) — Translations
  • Ancient Greek: ᾰ̓́σῡλος (ắsūlos) — Translations
  • Irish: ógh — Translations
  • Italian: inviolato — Translations
  • Italian: impenetrato — Translations
  • Latin: intemerātus — Translations
  • Latin: inviolātus — Translations
  • Manx: slane — Translations
  • Manx: neuhrulleeit — Translations
  • Old English: unġewemmed — Translations
  • Old English: unwemme — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: све̑т — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȇt — Translations
  • Spanish: inviolado — Translations
  • Ukrainian: непору́шений (neporúšenyj) — Translations
  • Urdu: استوار (ustuwār) — Translations