invariable

English

Etymology

in- + variable

Pronunciation

Adjective

invariable (not comparable)

  1. Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
    • 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation
      Physical laws which are invariable.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
      “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
  2. (mathematics) Constant.
  3. (by extension, grammar, of a word, or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.
    The French adjective marron ‘brown’ is invariable: it does not take the usual s in the plural.
    Synonym: uninflectable
    Hyponyms: indeclinable, inconjugable

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Translations

Noun

invariable (plural invariables)

  1. Something that does not vary; a constant.

See also

References

  1. Stanley, Oma (1937), “II. Vowel Sounds in Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, DOI:10.7312/stan90028, →ISBN, § II.2, page 46.

Catalan

Etymology

in- + variable

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.və.ɾiˈa.blə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /im.bə.ɾiˈa.blə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.va.ɾiˈa.ble/

Adjective

invariable (masculine and feminine plural invariables)

  1. invariable

Derived terms

Further reading


French

Etymology

in- + variable

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.va.ʁjabl/
  • (file)

Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

  1. invariable

Derived terms

Further reading


Spanish

Etymology

in- + variable

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imbaˈɾjable/ [ĩm.baˈɾja.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: in‧va‧ria‧ble

Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

  1. invariable

Derived terms

Further reading

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