adj
Meaning 1
Not conquerable; indomitable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inconquerable
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unconquerable
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈkɒŋkəɹəbəl/
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noun
Meaning 2
Someone or something that cannot be conquered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome- R.E.Danielson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a tribute to his courage...and his unconquerable will
- faced unconquerable difficulties
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: conquerable
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
incapable of being surmounted or excelled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- insuperable odds
- insuperable heroes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insuperable
Antonyms: none provided
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 conquer 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 conquerable English unconquerable From un- + conquerable.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: inconquerible — not conquerable
- Catalan: inconquistable — not conquerable
- Esperanto: nekonkerebla — not conquerable
- French: imprenable — not conquerable
- Greek: ακαταμάχητος (akatamáchitos) — not conquerable
- Ancient Greek: ἀκαταγώιστος (akatagṓistos) — not conquerable
- Hindi: अजय (ajay) — not conquerable
- Hungarian: legyőzhetetlen — not conquerable
- Irish: dochloíte — not conquerable
- Irish: doleigheasta — not conquerable
- Irish: dosháraithe — not conquerable
- Irish: doshásaithe — not conquerable
- Latin: impenetrabilis — not conquerable
- Spanish: inconquistable — not conquerable