invincible
English
Etymology
From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) + vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɪns.ɪ.bəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/, /ɪnˈvɪn.sɪ.bəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪbəl
Adjective
invincible (not comparable)
- Impossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
- Synonyms: unconquerable, undefeatable
- Antonyms: conquerable, defeatable, vincible, weak
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
- You know our armie is inuincible:
As many circumcized Turkes we haue,
And warlike bands of Chriſtians renyed,
As hath the Ocean or the Terrene ſea
Small drops of water, […]
- 2016, Sia and Chris Braide, “Unstoppable”, in This Is Acting, performed by Sia:
- I'm unstoppable / I'm a Porsche with no brakes / I'm invincible / Yeah, I win every single game
Translations
impossible to defeat, destroy or kill
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Noun
invincible (plural invincibles)
Translations
someone who cannot be defeated, destroyed or killed
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Further reading
- invincible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- invincible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- invincible at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.vɛ̃.sibl/
- Homophone: invincibles
Further reading
- “invincible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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