inexpugnable

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- +‎ expugn +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/, /ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl/

Adjective

inexpugnable (comparative more inexpugnable, superlative most inexpugnable)

1. Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
   • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship‎^[1]:

     My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.

   • 1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories‎^[2]:

     It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...

   • 1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory‎^[3]:

     This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."

Derived terms

• inexpugnability
• inexpugnably

Translations

impregnable, unconquerable

• Arabic: مَنِيع (manīʕ)
• Bulgarian: непревзимаем (bg) (neprevzimaem), непристъпен (bg) (nepristǎpen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不能攻占的 (bùnéng gōngzhàn de), 堅不可摧 / 坚不可摧 (zh) (jiānbùkěcuī)

• Dutch: oninneembaar, onneembaar (nl), ongenaakbaar (nl)
• Estonian: vallutamatu
• Finnish: järkkymätön (fi), horjumaton (fi), valloittamaton (fi)
• French: inexpugnable (fr)
• Galician: inexpugnábel (gl)
• German: unbezwinglich, uneinnehmbar (de)
• Greek: απόρθητος (el) (apórthitos)
• Italian: inespugnabile (it)
• Latin: inexpugnabilis
• Polish: niepokonany (pl)
• Portuguese: inexpugnável (pt)
• Russian: неприступный (ru) (nepristupnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: неосвојив (neosvojiv), несавладив (nesavladiv)
• Spanish: inexpugnable (es)
• Swedish: ointaglig (sv)

Anagrams

• inexpungable

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inexpugnābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛk.spy.ɲabl/

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Adjective

inexpugnable (plural inexpugnables)

1. impregnable, unassailable

   Synonym: imprenable

Further reading

• “inexpugnable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Adjective

inexpugnable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexpugnables)

1. unassailable, inexpugnable

Further reading

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