implacable

Etymology

From Old French implacable, from Latin implācābilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplækəbəl/

Adjective

implacable (comparative more implacable, superlative most implacable)

1. Not able to be placated or appeased.
   • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv], page 269:

     He is knight dubb'd with vnhatche'd Rapier, and on carpet conſideration, but he is a diuell in priuate brall, soules and bodies hath he diuorc'd three, and his incenſement at this moment is ſo implacable, that ſatisfaction can be none, but by pangs of death and ſepulcher: Hob, nob, is his word: giu't or take't.

2. Adamant; immovable.

Etymology

From Latin implācābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /im.pləˈka.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.plaˈka.ble/

Adjective

implacable (masculine and feminine plural implacables)

1. implacable (not able to be placated or appeased)

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin implācābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pla.kabl/

Adjective

implacable (plural implacables)

1. implacable, harsh, unrelenting

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin implācābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /implaˈkable/, [ĩmplaˈkaβle]

Adjective

implacable (plural implacables)

1. implacable, harsh, unrelenting

Further reading

• “implacable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.