Standard Lemma guide

irrevocable

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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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪˈɹɛvəkəbəl/
  • UK: /ˌɪɹəˈvəʊkəbəl/
  • UK: /ˌɪɹəˈvɒkəbəl/
  • US: /iˈɹɛvəkəbəl/
  • US: /ˌɪɹəˈvoʊkəbəl/
  • US: /ˌɪɹiˈvoʊkəbəl/
  • US: /ˌɪɹəˈvɑkəbəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 R EH1 V AH0 K AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: irreversible, irrepealable

Antonyms: nonirrevocable, repealable, reversible, revocable

2

adjective

Meaning 2

incapable of being retracted or revoked- Shakespeare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • firm and irrevocable is my doom

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: irrevokable

Antonyms: revocable

History

Etymology

From Middle French irrévocable, from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- + revoke + -able.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qaytarılmaz — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Bulgarian: безвъзвратен (bezvǎzvraten) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Bulgarian: окончателен (okončatelen) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Catalan: irrevocable — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不可撤销的 — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Czech: neodvolatelný — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Danish: uigenkaldelig — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Dutch: onherroepelijk — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Esperanto: nerevokebla — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Finnish: peruuttamaton — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • French: irrévocable — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • French: irréversible — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • French: irréfragable — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Georgian: შეუცვლელი (šeucvleli) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Georgian: შეუქცევადი (šeukcevadi) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • German: unwiderruflich — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Greek: αμετάκλητος (ametáklitos) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Hungarian: visszavonhatatlan — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Hungarian: megmásíthatatlan — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Hungarian: megfellebbezhetetlen — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Italian: irrevocabile — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Japanese: 取り返しのつかない (torikaeshi no tsukanai) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Latin: irrevocābilis — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Manx: neuchaghlaaee — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Polish: nieodwołalny — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Portuguese: irrevocável — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Russian: неизме́нный (neizménnyj) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Russian: необратимый (neobratimyj) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Spanish: irrevocable — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Swedish: oåterkallelig — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Ukrainian: безповоротний (bezpovorotnyj) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Ukrainian: невідкличний (nevidklyčnyj) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Ukrainian: незмінний (nezminnyj) — unable to be retracted or reversed
  • Ukrainian: безвідкли́чний (bezvidklýčnyj) — unable to be retracted or reversed