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IRRESPIRABLE

Definition: IRRESPIRABLE

IRRESPIRABLE

Adjective

1. Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "IRRESPIRABLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Etymology: Irrespirable \Ir*res"pi*ra*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression irrespirabilis: compare to the French expression irrespirable. See Respirable.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: IRRESPIRABLE

DomainDefinitions

Mining

Not respirable; not fit to be breathed. Said of mine gases. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: IRRESPIRABLE

English words defined with "IRRESPIRABLE": After damp, AsphyxyCarbonic acid. (references)
Specialty definitions using "IRRESPIRABLE": irrespirable atmospheremine rescue apparatusrescue apparatus. (references)

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Modern Translation: IRRESPIRABLE

Language Translations for "IRRESPIRABLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

irrespirabel. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

irrespirabel. (various references)

   

French

  

irrespirable. (various references)

   

German

  

irrespirabel. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ο μη αναπνεύσιμος. (various references)

   

Italian

  

irrespirabile (unbreathable). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irrespirableay

   

Portuguese

  

irrespirável. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

irrespirable. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không thở được (unbreathable). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: IRRESPIRABLE

Misspellings

"IRRESPIRABLE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: respirable. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: IRRESPIRABLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-i-l-p-r-r-r-s"

-2 letters: respirable.

-3 letters: libraries, rareripes, repairers.

-4 letters: barriers, blearier, espalier, pearlers, pearlier, prairies, rareripe, realiser, relapser, repairer, repliers, reprisal, sparerib, sparrier.

-5 letters: alibies, aperies, aspirer, bailees, bailers, bailies, barrels, barrier, bearers, beleaps, beliers, berries, bialies, birlers, brasier, earlier, leapers, learier, parrels, parries, pearler, perries, pleaser, prairie, praiser, presale, prisere, railers, rapiers, raspier, realise, reapers, rearers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IRRESPIRABLE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 52 52 45 53 50 49 52 41 42 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    .-.    .-.    .    ...    .--.    ..    .-.    .-    -...    .-..    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01010010 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010000 01001001 01010010 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#82 &#82 &#69 &#83 &#80 &#73 &#82 &#65 &#66 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0052 0052 0045 0053 0050 0049 0052 0041 0042 004C 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

435252395350435235364639

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Non-English Dictionaries with "IRRESPIRABLE"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español

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 thíchvietnameser, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnamita, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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