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Webster 1913 Edition


Indeclinable

Inˊde-clin′a-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
indeclinabilis
: cf. F.
indéclinable
. See
In-
not, and
Decline
.]
(Gram.)
Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations;
as,
nihil
(nothing), in Latin, is an
indeclinable
noun
.
Noun.
An indeclinable word.

Webster 1828 Edition


Indeclinable

INDECLI'NABLE

,
Adj.
[L. indeclinabilis; in and declino.]
Not declinable; not varied by terminations; as, pondo, in Latin, is an indeclinable noun.

Definition 2024


indeclinable

indeclinable

See also: indéclinable

English

Adjective

indeclinable (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, of a word) not grammatically declinable

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Translations

Noun

indeclinable (plural indeclinables)

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

Spanish

Adjective

indeclinable m, f (plural indeclinables)

  1. (grammar) indeclinable
  2. unavoidable