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
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/ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Unable to be imagined; inconceivable or mind-boggling; beyond belief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
totally unlikely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impossible, inconceivable, out of the question
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 imagine 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 unimaginable From un- + imagine + -able.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
inimaxinable
— unable to be imagined
Bulgarian:
невъобразим
(nevǎobrazim)
— unable to be imagined
Catalan:
inimaginable
— unable to be imagined
Chinese Mandarin:
不能想像的
(bù néng xiǎngxiàng de)
— unable to be imagined
Chinese Mandarin:
不可思議 /不可思议
(bùkěsīyì)
— unable to be imagined
Czech:
nepředstavitelný
— unable to be imagined
Dutch:
onvoorstelbaar
— unable to be imagined
Esperanto:
neimagebla
— unable to be imagined
Finnish:
uskomaton
— unable to be imagined
Finnish:
ennalta-arvaamaton
— unable to be imagined
French:
inimaginable
— unable to be imagined
Galician:
inimaxinable
— unable to be imagined
Galician:
inimaxinábel
— unable to be imagined
Georgian:
წარმოუდგენელი
(c̣armoudgeneli)
— unable to be imagined
German:
unvorstellbar
— unable to be imagined
Hindi:
अकल्पनीय
(akalpanīya)
— unable to be imagined
Hindi:
कल्पनातीत
(kalpanātīt)
— unable to be imagined
Hungarian:
elképzelhetetlen
— unable to be imagined
Italian:
inimmaginabile
— unable to be imagined
Japanese:
考えられない
(kangaerarenai)
— unable to be imagined
Japanese:
想像できない
(sōzō dekinai)
— unable to be imagined
Manx:
do-smooinaghtyn
— unable to be imagined
Manx:
neusheiltynagh
— unable to be imagined
Manx:
neusmooinaghtagh
— unable to be imagined
Polish:
niepojęty
— unable to be imagined
Polish:
niewyobrażalny
— unable to be imagined
Portuguese:
inimaginável
— unable to be imagined
Portuguese:
impensável
— unable to be imagined
Romanian:
inimaginabil
— unable to be imagined
Romanian:
neimaginabil
— unable to be imagined
Russian:
невообразимый
(nevoobrazimyj)
— unable to be imagined
Spanish:
inimaginable
— unable to be imagined
Swedish:
otänkbar
— unable to be imagined
Telugu:
ఊహించలేని
(ūhiñcalēni)
— unable to be imagined
