indeclinable

From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. See in- not, and decline.

indeclinable (not comparable)

1. That one cannot decline; unavoidable.
   • 1994, Helen R. Myers, To Wed at Christmas, page 101:

     He'd planned to work a double shift Friday night, but Gladys Silverman's indeclinable invitation threw a hefty wrench into David's plans.

2. (grammar, of a word) Not grammatically declinable; of a word, having no inflections.

• undeclinable

• uninflectable
• invariable

indeclinable (plural indeclinables)

1. (grammar) A word that is not grammatically inflected.

• “indeclinable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Borrowed from Latin indēclīnābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.də.kliˈnab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.de.kliˈna.ble]

indeclinable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indeclinables)

1. indeclinable

• “indeclinable”, 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
• “indeclinable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “indeclinable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “indeclinable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin indēclīnābilis.

• IPA^(key): /indekliˈnable/ [ĩn̪.d̪e.kliˈna.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: in‧de‧cli‧na‧ble

indeclinable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indeclinables)

1. (grammar) indeclinable
2. unavoidable

• “indeclinable”, 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