invulnerable

See also: invulnérable

English

Etymology

From Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerābilis, from vulnerābilis, from vulnerō (“I wound”), from vulnus (“wound”), equivalent to in- +‎ vulnerable.

Adjective

invulnerable (not comparable)

1. Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
   • 1979, Brian Daley, Han Solo at Stars' End:

     His gaze went to Hirken, who stood gloating behind invulnerable transparisteel.

2. Unanswerable; irrefutable.

   an invulnerable argument

Related terms

• invulnerability
• invulnerably

Translations

incapable of being wounded

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: непаража́льны (njeparažálʹny)
• Bulgarian: неуязви́м (bg) (neujazvím)
• Catalan: invulnerable (ca)
• Czech: nezranitelný
• Dutch: onkwetsbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: nevundebla
• French: invulnérable (fr)
• German: unverwundbar (de)
• Greek: απρόσβλητος (el) (aprósvlitos), άτρωτος (el) (átrotos)
• Hungarian: sebezhetetlen (hu)
• Italian: invulnerabile (it)
• Latin: invulnerābilis, atrōtus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: usårbar

• Polish: niewrażliwy (pl)
• Romanian: invulnerabil (ro)
• Russian: неуязви́мый (ru) (neujazvímyj)
• Slovak: nezraniteľný
• Spanish: invulnerable (es)
• Swedish: osårbar (sv)
• Ukrainian: невразли́вий (nevrazlývyj)

unanswerable, irrefutable

• Hungarian: megtámadhatatlan (hu)

References

• “invulnerable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “invulnerable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invulnerābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.bul.nəˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.vul.nəˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.vul.neˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

invulnerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural invulnerables)

1. invulnerable

   Antonym: vulnerable

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin invulnerābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbulneˈɾable/ [ĩm.bul.neˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: in‧vul‧ne‧ra‧ble

Adjective

invulnerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural invulnerables)

1. invulnerable

   Antonym: vulnerable

Related terms

• invulnerabilidad

 

Further reading

• “invulnerable”, 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