adj
Meaning 1
That cannot be erased; indelible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: indelible
Antonyms: erasable, unrecordable
Standard Lemma guide
unerasable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
cannot be removed or erased
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an indelible stain
- indelible memories
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: indelible
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- English erase 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 unerasable From un- + erase + -able.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: inesborrable — that cannot be erased
- Dutch: onuitwisbaar — that cannot be erased
- French: ineffaçable — that cannot be erased
- German: unlöschbar — that cannot be erased
- Japanese: 消せない (kesenai) — that cannot be erased
- Japanese: 消去できない (shōkyo dekinai) — that cannot be erased
- Polish: nieusuwalny — that cannot be erased
- Spanish: indeleble — that cannot be erased
- Spanish: imborrable — that cannot be erased