adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Unanswerable; irrefutable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
an invulnerable argument
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
immune to attack; impregnable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: vulnerable
History
Etymology
From Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerābilis, from vulnerābilis, from vulnerō (“to wound”), from vulnus (“wound”), equivalent to in- + vulnerable.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
непаража́льны
(njeparažálʹny)
— incapable of being wounded
Bulgarian:
неуязви́м
(neujazvím)
— incapable of being wounded
Catalan:
invulnerable
— incapable of being wounded
Czech:
nezranitelný
— incapable of being wounded
Dutch:
onkwetsbaar
— incapable of being wounded
Esperanto:
nevundebla
— incapable of being wounded
French:
invulnérable
— incapable of being wounded
German:
unverwundbar
— incapable of being wounded
Greek:
απρόσβλητος
(aprósvlitos)
— incapable of being wounded
Greek:
άτρωτος
(átrotos)
— incapable of being wounded
Hindi:
अभेद्य
(abhedya)
— incapable of being wounded
Hungarian:
sebezhetetlen
— incapable of being wounded
Italian:
invulnerabile
— incapable of being wounded
Latin:
invulnerābilis
— incapable of being wounded
Latin:
atrōtus
— incapable of being wounded
Macedonian:
неранлив
(neranliv)
— incapable of being wounded
Norwegian Bokmål:
usårbar
— incapable of being wounded
Polish:
niewrażliwy
— incapable of being wounded
Romanian:
invulnerabil
— incapable of being wounded
Russian:
неуязви́мый
(neujazvímyj)
— incapable of being wounded
Slovak:
nezraniteľný
— incapable of being wounded
Spanish:
invulnerable
— incapable of being wounded
Swedish:
osårbar
— incapable of being wounded
Ukrainian:
невразли́вий
(nevrazlývyj)
— incapable of being wounded