inaccessible

English

Etymology

From Middle French inaccessible, from Late Latin inaccessibilis, equivalent to in- +‎ accessible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl̩/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

inaccessible (comparative more inaccessible, superlative most inaccessible)

1. Not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.

   Synonym: unaccessible

   Antonym: accessible

2. Not able to be reached; unattainable.

   Synonym: unaccessible

   Antonym: accessible

Derived terms

• Inaccessible Island

Translations

not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient

• Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz
• Bulgarian: недостъпен (bg) (nedostǎpen)
• Catalan: inaccessible (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可及 (bùkějí)

• Czech: nedostupný, nepřístupný
• French: inaccessible (fr)
• Galician: inaccesible (gl), inaccesíbel (gl)
• German: unzugänglich (de)
• Greek: δυσπρόσιτος (el) (dysprósitos), απρόσιτος (el) (aprósitos)

  Ancient: ἄβατος (ábatos)

• Ingrian: looksepääsemätöin
• Irish: doshroichte
• Italian: inaccessibile (it)
• Latin: inaccessus
• Manx: neuroshtynagh, neuventynagh, neuvashtynagh
• Maori: kaiawe
• Polish: niedostępny (pl) m, nieosiągalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: inacessível (pt)
• Romanian: inaccesibil (ro) m or n, neaccesibil m or n
• Russian: недосту́пный (ru) (nedostúpnyj)
• Sassarese: inaccessíbiri
• Spanish: inaccesible (es)
• Swedish: otillgänglig (sv), oåtkomlig (sv)
• Turkish: erişilemez (tr)

not able to be reached; unattainable

• Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz
• Bulgarian: недостижим (bg) (nedostižim)
• Czech: nedostupný, nedosažitelný, nepřístupný
• French: inaccessible (fr)
• German: unerreichbar (de)
• Greek: απρόσιτος (el) (aprósitos)

  Ancient: ἀνέμβατος (anémbatos)

• Ingrian: looksepääsemätöin
• Latin: inaccessus, invius
• Maori: taupae, kaiawe
• Portuguese: inacessível (pt)
• Romanian: inaccesibil (ro), de neatins, neatingibil
• Russian: недосту́пный (ru) (nedostúpnyj)
• Swedish: onåbar, ouppnåelig (sv)
• Turkish: erişilemez (tr)

Noun

inaccessible (plural inaccessibles)

1. (mathematics) An uncountable regular cardinal number that is a limit cardinal.

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin inaccessibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.nək.səˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.nak.seˈsi.ble]

Adjective

inaccessible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaccessibles)

1. inaccessible
2. unapproachable

Antonyms

• accessible

Related terms

• accedir
• accés

Further reading

• “inaccessible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inaccessibilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ accessible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nak.sɛ.sibl/ ~ /i.nak.se.sibl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

inaccessible (plural inaccessibles)

1. inaccessible

Further reading

• “inaccessible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.