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irreplaceable

adj · 2 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Incapable of being replaced, especially because of uniqueness or finiteness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • irreplaceable batteries
  • irreplaceable family portrait
  • irreplaceable team member

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

impossible to replace

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • irreplaceable antiques

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unreplaceable

Antonyms: replaceable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English ir- English replaceable English irreplaceable From ir- + replaceable.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: незаме́нны (njezamjénny) — that cannot be replaced
  • Bulgarian: незаменим (nezamenim) — that cannot be replaced
  • Catalan: irreemplaçable — that cannot be replaced
  • Catalan: insubstituïble — that cannot be replaced
  • Czech: nenahraditelný — that cannot be replaced
  • Dutch: onvervangbaar — that cannot be replaced
  • Esperanto: neanstataŭigebla — that cannot be replaced
  • Finnish: korvaamaton — that cannot be replaced
  • French: irremplaçable — that cannot be replaced
  • Galician: insubstituíble — that cannot be replaced
  • Galician: insubstituíbel — that cannot be replaced
  • German: unersetzbar — that cannot be replaced
  • German: unersetzlich — that cannot be replaced
  • Hungarian: pótolhatatlan — that cannot be replaced
  • Italian: insostituibile — that cannot be replaced
  • Latvian: neaizstājams — that cannot be replaced
  • Macedonian: незаменлив (nezamenliv) — that cannot be replaced
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uerstattelig — that cannot be replaced
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uerstatteleg — that cannot be replaced
  • Occitan: irreemplaçable — that cannot be replaced
  • Occitan: irremplaçable — that cannot be replaced
  • Polish: niezastąpiony — that cannot be replaced
  • Portuguese: insubstituível — that cannot be replaced
  • Russian: незамени́мый (nezamenímyj) — that cannot be replaced
  • Spanish: irreemplazable — that cannot be replaced
  • Spanish: insustituible — that cannot be replaced
  • Ukrainian: незамі́нний (nezamínnyj) — that cannot be replaced