indisputable

English

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Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis.[1] By surface analysis, in- +‎ disputable.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/

    Adjective

    indisputable (comparative more indisputable, superlative most indisputable)

    1. Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true
      Synonyms: inarguable, unarguable, unchallengeable
      • 1674, [Richard Allestree], “Of Positiveness”, in The Government of the Tongue. [], Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Theater, →OCLC, page 197:
        Nay, if he be of a proud humour, [] he will not Bate an Ace of abſolute certainty, but however doubtful or improbable the thing is, coming f[r]om him it muſt go for an indiſputable truth.

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    1. ^ indisputable”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

    French

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    indisputable (plural indisputables)

    1. indisputable

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    Spanish

    Etymology

    From Latin indisputābilis.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /indispuˈtable/ [ĩn̪.d̪is.puˈt̪a.β̞le]
    • Rhymes: -able
    • Syllabification: in‧dis‧pu‧ta‧ble

    Adjective

    indisputable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indisputables)

    1. indisputable
      Synonyms: fehaciente, inobjetable

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