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incomprehensible.

Impossible or very difficult to understand.

16 characters6 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/UK/ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/UK/ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/US/ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/US

  1. Impossible or very difficult to understand.

  2. Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.

    literary
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilis Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor. Middle French incomprehensibleder. English incomprehensible From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible.

noun/ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/UK/ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/UK/ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/US/ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/US

  1. Anything that is beyond understanding.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilis Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor. Middle French incomprehensibleder. English incomprehensible From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- + comprehensible.

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