inalienable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.
Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts, regarding permanence.

/ɪˈneɪ.lɪ.ə.nə.bəl/ /ɪˈneɪ.li.ə.nə.bəl/ en-au-inalienable.ogg

inalienable

Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”), equivalent to in- + alienable.

unalienable indelible unsurrenderable permanent

alienable

unalienated

inalienableness inalienably

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