irreparable

See also: irréparable

English

Etymology

From Middle French irréparable, from Old French, from Latin irreparabilis, equivalent to ir- +‎ reparable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛp(ə)ɹəbəl/

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Adjective

irreparable (comparative more irreparable, superlative most irreparable)

1. Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable.
   • 1787, “The History of Europe”, in The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1784 and 1785, volume XXVII, London: Printed by J[ames] Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, →OCLC, chapter VIII, page 134, column 1:

     It was impoſſible that the queen of France [Marie Antoinette] ſhould not be deeply affected by a conteſt, which ſo cloſely involved her neareſt and deareſt connections, and threatened ſo immediate and perhaps irreparable a breach of the harmony and friendſhip ſubſiſting between them.

Derived terms

• irreparably

Translations

that is unable to be repaired

• Belarusian: непапра́ўны (njepapráŭny)
• Bulgarian: непоправим (bg) (nepopravim)
• Catalan: irreparable
• Dutch: onherstelbaar (nl)
• Finnish: korjauskelvoton, peruuttamaton (fi)
• French: irréparable (fr)
• German: irreparabel (de), nicht reparierbar
• Greek: ανεπανόρθωτος (el) (anepanórthotos)
• Latin: irredivīvus
• Ottoman Turkish: چاره‌سز (çaresiz), درمانسز (dermansız), علاجسز (ʼilacsız)
• Polish: nie do naprawienia, nienaprawialny (pl)
• Portuguese: irreparável (pt)
• Russian: неисправи́мый (ru) (neispravímyj), невосстанови́мый (ru) (nevosstanovímyj), непоправи́мый (ru) (nepopravímyj)
• Spanish: irreparable (es)
• Swedish: irreparabel (sv), olaglig (sv)
• Ukrainian: непопра́вний (nepoprávnyj)

Catalan

Adjective

irreparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreparables)

1. irreparable

   Antonym: reparable

Derived terms

• irreparablement

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /irepaˈɾable/ [i.re.paˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧rre‧pa‧ra‧ble

Adjective

irreparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irreparables)

1. irreparable

   Antonym: reparable

Derived terms

• irreparablemente

 

Further reading

• “irreparable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28