English Explanatory Dictionary

incoherent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not coherent.
  2. Not making logical sense; not logically connected or consistent.
  3. Not holding together physically; loose; unconnected.
  4. Not cohering socially, not united.
noun
  1. A member of a short-lived satirical and irreverent French art movement founded by Parisian writer and publisher Jules Lévy in 1882.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-incoherent.wav

Word forms

incoherent more incoherent most incoherent incohærent Incoherents

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēnsder. Middle French coherentder. English coherent English incoherent From in- + coherent.

Synonyms

uncoherent unintelligible unrelated disjointed desultory jerky disconnected discontinuous

Antonyms

coherent

Related words

incoherence incoherently

Derived words

incoherency incoherentness

Translations

Bulgarian: несвързан Bulgarian: непоследователен Catalan: incoherent Czech: nesoudržný Czech: nesouvislý Danish: usammenhængende Esperanto: nekohera Finnish: ristiriitainen Finnish: epäjohdonmukainen Finnish: hajanainen Finnish: sekava Finnish: epäyhtenäinen French: incohérent French: décousu Galician: incoherente German: inkohärent German: unzusammenhängend German: unlogisch German: unvereinbar German: lose German: nicht verbunden German: nicht zusammenhängend Greek: ασυνάρτητος Italian: incoerente Italian: sconclusionato Māori: parure Māori: whakaparure Māori: nakunaku Māori: ngau Māori: nanu Polish: niekoherentny Polish: nieścisły Portuguese: incoerente Russian: бессвя́зный Russian: несвя́зный Russian: ры́хлый Russian: несцементи́рованный Spanish: incoherente Spanish: inconexo Spanish: deshilvanado Spanish: descosido Swedish: osammanhängande Welsh: digyswllt Welsh: anghysylltiol
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