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unbreakable

adj · noun · 5 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

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • unbreakable comb

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: infrangible

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tough

2

adj

Meaning 2

Resilient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • the unbreakable spirit of the rebels

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not able to be broken in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Something that cannot be broken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

impossible to break especially under ordinary usage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unbreakable plastic dinnerwear

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: breakable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English break Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unbreakable From un- + break + -able.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: нечуплив (nečupliv) — difficult or impossible to break
  • Catalan: irrompible — difficult or impossible to break
  • Catalan: intrencable — difficult or impossible to break
  • Danish: ubrydelig — difficult or impossible to break
  • Finnish: rikkoutumaton — difficult or impossible to break
  • French: incassable — difficult or impossible to break
  • German: unzerbrechlich — difficult or impossible to break
  • Greek: άθραυστος (áthrafstos) — difficult or impossible to break
  • Ancient Greek: ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos) — difficult or impossible to break
  • Ancient Greek: ἀαγής (aagḗs) — difficult or impossible to break
  • Hindi: अभेद्य (abhedya) — difficult or impossible to break
  • Hungarian: törhetetlen — difficult or impossible to break
  • Italian: infrangibile — difficult or impossible to break
  • Latin: infragilis — difficult or impossible to break
  • Manx: do-vrishey — difficult or impossible to break
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uknuselig — difficult or impossible to break
  • Occitan: incopable — difficult or impossible to break
  • Occitan: imbresable — difficult or impossible to break
  • Polish: niełamliwy — difficult or impossible to break
  • Portuguese: inquebrável — difficult or impossible to break
  • Spanish: irrompible — difficult or impossible to break
  • Swedish: okrossbar — difficult or impossible to break
  • Turkish: kırılmaz — difficult or impossible to break
  • Ukrainian: незла́мний (nezlámnyj) — difficult or impossible to break
  • Ukrainian: нерозри́вний (nerozrývnyj) — difficult or impossible to break
  • Polish: niezniszczalny — (figuratively) resilient
  • Spanish: inquebrantable — (figuratively) resilient
  • Ukrainian: незла́мний (nezlámnyj) — (figuratively) resilient
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