inaccessible

English

Etymology

From Middle French inaccessible, from Late Latin inaccessibilis, equivalent to in- +‎ accessible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl̩/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

inaccessible (comparative more inaccessible, superlative most inaccessible)

1. Not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.

   Synonym: unaccessible

   Antonym: accessible

2. Not able to be reached; unattainable.

   Synonym: unaccessible

   Antonym: accessible

Derived terms

• Inaccessible Island
• inaccessibleness
• inaccessibly

Translations

not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient

Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz Bulgarian: недостъпен (bg) (nedostǎpen) Catalan: inaccessible (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不可及 (bùkějí) Czech: nedostupný, nepřístupný Esperanto: nealirebla French: inaccessible (fr) Galician: inaccesible (gl), inaccesíbel (gl) German: unzugänglich (de) Greek: δυσπρόσιτος (el) (dysprósitos), απρόσιτος (el) (aprósitos) Ancient: ἄβατος (ábatos) Ingrian: looksepääsemätöin Irish: doshroichte Italian: inaccessibile (it) Latin: inaccessus Manx: neuroshtynagh, neuventynagh, neuvashtynagh Maori: kaiawe Polish: niedostępny (pl) m, nieosiągalny (pl) m Portuguese: inacessível (pt) Romanian: inaccesibil (ro) m or n, neaccesibil m or n Russian: недосту́пный (ru) (nedostúpnyj) Sassarese: inaccessíbiri Spanish: inaccesible (es) Swedish: otillgänglig (sv), oåtkomlig (sv) Turkish: erişilemez (tr)

not able to be reached; unattainable

Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz Bulgarian: недостижим (bg) (nedostižim) Czech: nedostupný, nedosažitelný, nepřístupný French: inaccessible (fr) German: unerreichbar (de) Greek: απρόσιτος (el) (aprósitos) Ancient: ἀνέμβατος (anémbatos) Ingrian: looksepääsemätöin Latin: inaccessus, invius Maori: taupae, kaiawe Portuguese: inacessível (pt) Romanian: inaccesibil (ro), de neatins, neatingibil Russian: недосту́пный (ru) (nedostúpnyj) Swedish: onåbar, ouppnåelig (sv) Turkish: erişilemez (tr)

Noun

inaccessible (plural inaccessibles)

1. (mathematics) An uncountable regular cardinal number that is a limit cardinal.

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin inaccessibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.nək.səˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.nak.seˈsi.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

inaccessible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaccessibles)

1. inaccessible
2. unapproachable

Antonyms

• accessible

Related terms

• accedir
• accés

Further reading

• “inaccessible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inaccessibilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ accessible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nak.sɛ.sibl/ ~ /i.nak.se.sibl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

inaccessible (plural inaccessibles)

1. inaccessible

Further reading

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