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/
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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)
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French:
inviolé
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German:
unbeschadet
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Greek:
απαραβίαστος
(aparavíastos)
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Ancient Greek:
ἀκραιφνής
(akraiphnḗs)
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