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Definition: IRREFRAGABLE |
IRREFRAGABLEAdjective1. Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. |
Date "IRREFRAGABLE" was first used: 1533. (references) |
Synonyms: IRREFRAGABLESynonyms: incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, unanswerable, undeniable, unquestionable. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Demonstration | Adjective: demonstrating; Verb:, demonstrative, demonstrable; probative, unanswerable, conclusive; apodictic, apodeictic, apodeictical; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable; necessary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: IRREFRAGABLE |
| English words defined with "IRREFRAGABLE": Irrefragability. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "IRREFRAGABLE": Irrefragable Doctor. (references) |
| "IRREFRAGABLE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "IRREFRAGABLE" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "IRREFRAGABLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pakundërshtueshëm (axiomatic, axiomatical, dogmatic, incontestable, incontrovertible, irrefutable, peremptory, unassailable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неоспорим (inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, sovereign, stringent, strong, unarguable, uncontrovertible, undeniable, undisputed, unqualified, watertight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可辩驳 (irrefutable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nezvratný (conclusive, irrefutable, irreversible, unalterable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unwiderlegbar (impregnable, incontrovertible, irrefutable, irrefutably, unanswerable, unassailable, unchallengeable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kétségbevonhatatlan (incontestable, uncontroversial, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 반박 수 없" (irrefutable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irrefragableay irredutível (irrespective). (various references) incontestabil (decidedly, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, much, undeniable, undeniably, undoubted). (various references) неоспоримый (cogent, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrecusable, unchallengeable, uncontrollable, undeniable, undisputed, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references) nepobitan (irrefutable, unassailable, uncontested, unimpeachable), neoboriv (unbeatable). (various references) ovedersäglig (irrefutable, unanswerable, unassailable), obestridlig (impregnable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable, undoubted, unimpeachable, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references) inkâr edilemez (incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable). (various references) không thể vặn lại được, không thể bẻ bai được. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | in-. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"IRREFRAGABLE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: irrafragable, irrefragabile, irrifragable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-f-g-i-l-r-r-r" | |
-3 letters: barrelage. | |
-4 letters: afebrile, balefire, blearier, ferriage, filagree, fireable, rarefier, referral. | |
-5 letters: airfare, algebra, barrage, barrier, briefer, earlier, farrier, febrile, filaree, fleabag, fragile, frailer, friable, garbler, gerbera, glarier, leafage, leafier, learier, realgar, regaler, regalia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-f-g-i-l-r-r-r" | |
+5 letters: irrefragabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 52 52 45 46 52 41 47 41 42 4C 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. .-. .-. . ..-. .-. .- --. .- -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01010010 01010010 01000101 01000110 01010010 01000001 01000111 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I R R E F R A G A B L E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0052 0052 0045 0046 0052 0041 0047 0041 0042 004C 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)435252394052354135364639 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, albaner, albán, 알"니아, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinesisch, kínai, 중국, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, 체", ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, người Séc tiếng Séc |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, német, 독일, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, tysk, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, magyar, 헝가리, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, koreansk, kore'li, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiesisch, portugál, 포르투갈, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumäne, román, 루마니아, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, orosz, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, svéd, 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englisch, angol, 영국, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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