immutable

Etymology

From French, ultimately from Latin immūtābilis (“unchangable”); im- +‎ mutable

Adjective

immutable (not comparable)

1. unable to be changed without exception.

   The government has enacted an immutable law.

2. (programming, of a variable) not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.

   Constants are immutable.

Noun

immutable (plural immutables)

1. something that cannot be changed

Anagrams

• multibeam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.my.tabl/

Adjective

immutable (plural immutables)

1. immutable
2. (programming) immutable

Further reading

• “immutable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).