indestructible
English
Etymology
in- + destructible
Adjective
indestructible (not comparable)
- Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
- Synonyms: undestroyable, undestructable, unbreakable, unruinable, unwreckable
Antonyms
- destructible, destroyable, breakable, wreckable, ruinable, fragile (capable of being destroyed)
- inconstructible, improducible, unbuildable (incapable of being constructed)
Translations
not destructible
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See also
References
- “indestructible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “indestructible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indestructibilis. By surface analysis, in- + destructible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.dɛs.tʁyk.tibl/
Further reading
- “indestructible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /indestɾuɡˈtible/ [ĩn̪.d̪es.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: in‧des‧truc‧ti‧ble
Adjective
indestructible m or f (masculine and feminine plural indestructibles)
- indestructible
- Antonym: destructible
Derived terms
Further reading
- “indestructible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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