imperdible

From im- (“not”) + Latin perdere (“to destroy”).

imperdible (comparative more imperdible, superlative most imperdible)

1. (obsolete) Not destructible.

   Synonym: indestructible

• imperdibly

• “imperdible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From im- +‎ perdible. In the noun sense, an ellipsis of agulla imperdible.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.pərˈdib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.peɾˈði.ble]

imperdible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imperdibles)

1. unmissable, not-to-miss

imperdible m or f (plural imperdibles)

1. safety pin

   Coordinate term: fermall

• “imperdible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “imperdible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “imperdible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /impeɾˈdible/ [ĩm.peɾˈð̞i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: im‧per‧di‧ble

imperdible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imperdibles)

1. unmissable, not-to-miss

imperdible m (plural imperdibles)

1. safety pin

• “imperdible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔimpeɾˈdible/ [ʔɪm.pɛɾˈd̪iː.blɛ]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: im‧per‧di‧ble

imperdible (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. alternative form of emperdible

• “imperdible”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “imperdible”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 332