incompatible

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French incompatible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/, /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: in‧com‧pat‧i‧ble

Adjective

incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)

1. Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.

   Synonyms: irreconcilable, abhorrent

   My phone is incompatible with the latest version of this app.

   • 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:

     Courts of equity are in many instances so nice and intricate, that they are incompatible with the genius of trials by jury.

   • 2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com‎:

     After the story was published, Hunter stated that the temple's executive committee informed him that such statements were incompatible with being a rabbi.

2. (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

Antonyms

• compatible

Hyponyms

• backward-incompatible

Derived terms

• bioincompatible
• histoincompatible
• incompatibility
• incompatibleness
• incompatible with life
• incompatibly
• self-incompatible

Translations

impossible to coexist; irreconcilable

Armenian: անհամատեղելի (hy) (anhamateġeli) Bulgarian: несъвместим (bg) (nesǎvmestim) Catalan: incompatible (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不兼容的 (bù jiānróng de), 不相容的 (zh) (bù xiāngróng de) Czech: neslučitelný Danish: inkompatibel uforenelig Dutch: onverenigbaar (nl) Finnish: yhteensovittamaton, yhteensopimaton (fi) French: incompatible (fr) Galician: incompatible (gl), incompatíbel (gl) Georgian: შეუთავსებელი (šeutavsebeli) German: inkompatibel (de), unvereinbar (de) Greek: ασυμβίβαστος (el) (asymvívastos), ασύμβατος (el) (asýmvatos) Hungarian: inkompatíbilis, összeegyeztethetetlen (hu) Irish: neamhfhreagrach, contrártha Italian: incompatibile (it) Japanese: 相容れない (ja) (aiirenai) Korean: 양립할 수 없는 (yangniphal su eomneun) Latin: dissociābilis Maori: mataku (mi) Norwegian: Bokmål: inkompatibel, uforenlig Occitan: incompatible Persian: ناسازگار (fa) (nâsâzgâr) Polish: niekompatybilny, niezgodny (pl) Portuguese: incompatível (pt) Romanian: incompatibil (ro) Russian: несовмести́мый (ru) (nesovmestímyj) Spanish: incompatible (es), malavenido (es) Swedish: inkompatibel (sv), oförenlig (sv) Turkish: aykırı (tr), bağdaşmayan, bağdaşmaz (tr), uyumsuz (tr) Ukrainian: несумі́сний (nesumísnyj)

See also

• antagonistic
• antipodal
• contrastive
• incombinable
• uncombinable
• ununifiable

Noun

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

1. (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.

   the incompatibles of iron

2. (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
   • 2004, Boethius, translated by Eleonore Stump, In Ciceronis Topica:

     Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +‎ compatible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [iŋ.kum.pəˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.kom.pəˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kom.paˈti.ble]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Antonym: compatible

Derived terms

• incompatibilitat
• incompatiblement

Further reading

• “incompatible”, 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

Adjective

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Antonym: compatible

Derived terms

• incompatibilité
• incompatiblement

Further reading

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• incompatíbel

Adjective

incompatible m or f (plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Antonyms: compatible, compatíbel

Related terms

• incompatibilidade

Further reading

• “incompatible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Adjective

incompatible m (feminine singular incompatibla, masculine plural incompatibles, feminine plural incompatiblas)

1. incompatible

   Antonym: compatible

Derived terms

• incompatibilitat

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 560.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 338.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkompaˈtible/ [ĩŋ.kõm.paˈt̪i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: in‧com‧pa‧ti‧ble

Adjective

incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Synonym: malavenido

   Antonym: compatible

Related terms

• incompatibilidad

Further reading

• “incompatible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024