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.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
UK:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:IH2 R AH0 P L EY1 S AH0 B AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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