irreparable
See also: irréparable
English
Etymology
From Middle French irréparable, from Old French, from Latin irreparabilis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɛp(ə)ɹəbəl/
Adjective
irreparable (comparative more irreparable, superlative most irreparable)
- Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified.
- 1787, “The History of Europe”, in The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Years 1784 and 1785, volume XXVII, London: Printed by J[ames] Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, OCLC 874176698, chapter VIII, page 134, column 1:
- It was impoſſible that the queen of France [Marie Antoinette] ſhould not be deeply affected by a conteſt, which ſo cloſely involved her neareſt and deareſt connections, and threatened ſo immediate and perhaps irreparable a breach of the harmony and friendſhip ſubſiſting between them.
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Translations
that is unable to be repaired
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Catalan
Adjective
irreparable (masculine and feminine plural irreparables)
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Spanish
Adjective
irreparable (plural irreparables)
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