insolvable

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ solvable. Piecewise doublet of insoluble and unsolvable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɒlvəbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

insolvable (comparative more insolvable, superlative most insolvable)

1. Impossible to solve; insoluble.
   • 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:

     insolvable difficulties

2. Incapable of being paid or discharged.

   an insolvable debt

3. Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
   • 1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     Bands insolvable.

Synonyms

• (impossible to solve): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
• (all senses): insoluble, unsolvable

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “impossible to solve”): See also Thesaurus:comprehensible
• (antonym(s) of “all senses”): soluble, solvable

Translations

impossible to solve

• Armenian: անլուծելի (hy) (anluceli)
• Finnish: ratkeamaton
• French: insoluble (fr)
• German: unlösbar (de)
• Hungarian: megoldhatatlan (hu)
• Japanese: 解決できない (ja) (kaiketsu dekinai), 解けない (ja) (tokenai), 割り切れない (warikirenai)
• Spanish: insoluble (es)

incapable of being paid

not capable of being disentangled

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} onoplosbaar (nl)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} insolvabil (ro), ^{(please verify)} neplătibil

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ solvable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɔl.vabl/

• Audio:

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Adjective

insolvable (plural insolvables)

1. insolvent

Further reading

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