English Explanatory Dictionary

incomprehensible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Impossible or very difficult to understand.
  2. Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.
noun
  1. Anything that is beyond understanding.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ /ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ /ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ /ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ en-us-incomprehensible.ogg

Word forms

incomprehensible more incomprehensible most incomprehensible incomprehensibles

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- 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 *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis 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.

Synonyms

fathomless unfathomable unintelligible abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic Greek inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible ineffable inenubilable inexplicable impenetrable insensible inscrutable insoluble insolvable mysterious nonunderstandable obscure retruse tenebrose thick undecipherable undiscoverable unexplainable ungraspable unknowable ununderstandable

Antonyms

comprehensible understandable

Related words

incomprehension opaque turbid it's all Chinese to me it's all Greek to me confusing indescribable

Derived words

incomprehensibleness incomprehensibly
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