English Explanatory Dictionary

invalid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable, or appropriate.
noun
  1. Any person with a disability or illness.
  2. A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
  3. A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
adj
  1. Suffering from disability or illness.
  2. Intended for use by an invalid.
verb
  1. To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health.
  2. To make invalid or affect with disease.

Pronunciation

ĭn-vă'lĭd /ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/ en-us-invalid-adj.ogg ĭn′və-lĭd ĭn′və-lēd′ /ˈɪn.və.lɪd/ /ˈɪn.vəˌliːd/ en-us-invalid-noun.ogg

Word forms

invalid more invalid most invalid invalids invaliding invalided

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 *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin validusder. Middle French validebor. English valid English invalid From in- + valid.

Synonyms

disallowed nonvalid

Antonyms

valid

Derived words

invalidity invalidly invalidness fabulous invalid invalid carriage invalid chair invalidhood invalidish invalidism invalid stout invalid out

Translations

Armenian: հաշմանդամ Armenian: ինվալիդ Belarusian: інвалі́д Belarusian: інвалі́дка Bulgarian: инвали́д Dutch: bedlegerige Dutch: zieke Dutch: invalide Finnish: työkyvytön henkilö French: invalide German: Bettlägriger German: Schwerkranker Irish: breoiteachán Japanese: 障害者 Japanese: 廃人 Korean: 장애인 Latin: aeger Malay: pesakit Māori: tūroro Māori: oke Māori: hāura Māori: maki Māori: paioke Polish: inwalida Polish: inwalidka Portuguese: inválido Russian: инвали́д Russian: инвали́дка Spanish: inválido Swedish: invalid Turkish: hasta Turkish: yatalak Ukrainian: інвалі́д Ukrainian: інвалі́дка
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