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Incommutable

Definitions: Incommutable

Incommutable

Adjective

1. Not subject to alteration or change.

2. Not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another; "a rare incommutable skill".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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

Etymology: Incommutable \In`com*mut"a*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression incommutabilis: compare to the French expression incommutable. See In- not, and Commutable.]. (Websters 1913)



Antonym: commutable (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Incommutable

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Stability

Indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous; insusceptible, insusceptible of change.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Incommutable

Non-English Usage: "Incommutable" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (incommutable).

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Modern Translations: Incommutable

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

Albanian

  

i pandryshuar (unaltered, unchanged, unfailing), i pandërruar (unchanged). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏راسخ (deep-seated, earthbound, fast, firm, firmly, fixed, founded, immovable, incorrigible, ingrained, inveterate, rooted, settled, solid, sound, stabile, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure, unalterable, vested). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

който не подлежи на замяна, неизменяем, неизменен (immutable, inalterable, invariable, permanent, rigid, standing, stationary, steady, stereotyped, unaltered, undeviating, unfailing, uniform, unvaried). (various references)

   

Czech

  

nezmìnitelný (inalterable, irrevocable, unalterable, unchangeable). (various references)

   

French

  

incommutable. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

változtathatatlan (unalterable). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

incommutableay

   

Portuguese

  

reservado (aloof, box, cagey, chilly, close, closet, confidential, demure, distant cousin, exclusive, freezing point, long since, non committal, offish, particular, qualified, repulsive, reserved, reticent, retiring, secretive, self contained, separate, shy, special, stand off, stand offish, taciturn, unamenable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

care nu poate fi schimbat. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неразменный (inconvertible), неизменный (changeless, constant, eternal, immutable, inalterable, inevitable, invariant, irrevocable, permanent, steady, sworn, unalterable, unaltered, unamended, unchangeable, unchanged, unfailing, unvarying). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nerazmenjliv. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

inconmutable. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

oföränderlig (changeless, immovable, immutable, inalterable, inflexible, invariable, settled, unchangeable, unchanging). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

нерозмінний (inconvertible, irredeemable), незмінний (abiding, certain, changeless, eternal, firm, fixed, hardened, immutable, inalterable, inevitable, invariable, non-variant, one, permanent, same, unalterable, unexceptional, unfailing). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Incommutable"

Words rhyming with "incommutable" (pronounced 'In`com*mut"a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable, Affirmable, Affordable, Aggrandizable, Agible, Agitable, Agreeable, Alarmable, Alible, Alienable, Alkalifiable, Allegeable, Alliable, Allottable, Allowable, Alterable, Amassable, Ameliorable, Amenable, Amendable, Amerceable, Amiable, Amicable, Amissible, Amortizable, Amovable, Amusable, Analyzable, Anchorable, Annihilable, Annullable, Annunciable, Answerable, Appealable, Appeasable, Appellable, Appetible, Applausable, Appliable, Applicable, Appointable, Apposable, Appraisable, Appreciable, Apprehensible, Approachable, Appropriable, Approvable, Aptable, Arbitrable, Arguable, Argumentable, Ascendable, Ascendible, Ascertainable, Ascribable, Aspectable, Assailable, Assaultable, Assayable, Assessable, Assignable, Assimilable, Associable, Assumable, Atonable, Attachable, Attackable, Attainable, Attemptable, Attractable, Attributable, Augmentable, Authorizable, Available, Avertible, Avoidable, Avouchable, Avowable, Bailable, Balanceable, Bankable, Baptizable, Batable, Battable, Bauble, Bawble, Bearable, Bedabble, Bedrabble, Bedribble, Beggable, Behoovable, Bejumble, Believable, Bendable, Bequeathable, Bescribble, Betumble, Bewailable, Bibble-babble, bible, Biddable, Bipartible, Blamable, Boardable, Boatable, Borable, Bowable, Breakable, Breathable, Bribable, Burnable, Calcinable, Calculable, Capable, Carriable, Carriageable, Catchable, Causable, Censurable, Cessible, Challengeable, Chanceable, Changeable, Chargeable, Charitable, Chasable, Chastisable, Chasuble, Cheatable, Circulable, Circumnavigable, Circumscribable, Circumscriptible, Circumstantiable, Citable, Civilizable, Claimable, Classible, Classifiable, Cleansable, Cleavable, Clergyable, Climbable, Clubbable, Coagulable, Coctible, Coercible, Cogitable, Cognizable, Cognoscible, Cohesible, Collatable, Collectible, Colliquable, Colorable, Combatable, Combinable, Commandable, Commeasurable, Commemorable, Commendable, Commensurable, Commiserable, Committable, Committible, Commonable, Communicable, Commutable, Compactible, Companable, Companiable, Companionable, Comparable, Compassable, Compassionable, Compatible, Compellable, Competible, Complainable, Compliable, Comportable, Compossible, Compoundable, Comprehensible, Compressible, Comptible, Computable, Concealable, Conceivable, Conceptible, Conclusible, Concordable, Concrescible, Concupiscible, Condemnable, Condensable, Condensible, Conducible, Conductible, Conferrable, Confinable, Confirmable, Confiscable, Confluxible, Conformable, Confusable, Confutable, Congeable, Congealable, Conjecturable, Conquerable, Conscionable, Conservable, Considerable, Consolable, Consortable, Constable, Constrainable, Consumable, Containable, Contaminable, Contemptible, Conterminable, Contestable, Continuable, Contractible, Contradictable, Contributable, Contrivble, Controllable, Controvertible, Conusable, Conversable, Conversible, Convertible, Conveyable, Convict1ible, Convincible, Corbel-table, Correlatable, Corrigible, Corrodible, Corrosible, Corrumpable, Counselable, countable, Countermandable, Coupable, Covenable, Covetable, Creable, Creatable, Credible, Creditable, Criticisable, Crucible, Crummable, Crystallizable, Cullible, Culpable, Cultivable, Cultivatable, Culturable, Curable, Customable, Damageable, Damnable, Datable, Debatable, Deceivable, Deceptible, Decerptible, decidable, Decipherable, Declarable, Declinable, Decoctible, Decomposable, Decompoundable, Decreeable, Deducible, Deductible, Defatigable, Defeasible, Defectible, Defendable, Defensible, Definable, Deflagrable, Deflectable, Deleble, Delectable, Delightable, Delineable, Delitable, Deliverable, Deludable, Demandable, Demisable, Demonstrable, Demountable, Demurrable, Deniable, Denominable, Denotable, Departable, Depectible, Dependable, Depertible, Deplorable, Deposable, Deprecable, Depredable, Deprehensible, Deprivable, Deputable, Derivable, Descendible, Describable, Desiderable, Designable, Desirable, Despicable, Despisable, Destinable, Destroyable, Destructible, Detachable, Determinable, Detestable, Developable, Devisable, Devitable, Devourable, Diffusible, Digestible, Diggable, Dilatable, Dimble, Diminishable, Dirigible, Disadvantageable, Disagreeable, Disallowable, Discernible, Disciplinable, Discomfortable, Discommendable, Disconformable. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Incommutable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-l-m-m-n-o-t-u"

-2 letters: commutable.

-3 letters: cobaltine, columbine, columbite, comminute, countable, culminate, emulation, immutable, inoculate, melanotic, metabolic, mountable.

-4 letters: ablution, abutilon, aconitum, ammonite, baculine, bailment, bioclean, bluecoat, camomile, cimbalom, coinable, coinmate, communal, encomium, immolate, incubate, lomentum, malemiut, meconium, neumatic, nobelium, olibanum, outclimb, tailbone, umbonate.

-5 letters: abluent, aboulic, aconite, ailment, albumen, albumin, alembic, aliment, aloetic, alumine, alunite, ambient, ammonic, amniote, amoebic, auction, automen, bailout, bimetal, binocle, bitumen, boatmen, botanic, botulin, butanol, cabinet, calumet, cambium, cauline, caution, cembali, cembalo, centimo, ciboule, citable, climate, clubman, clubmen, coalbin, combine, comment, commune, commute, cubital, cutline, elation, elution, embolic, encomia, iceboat, inocula, lactone, lambent, lection, leucoma, limacon, limbate, linecut, linocut, lomenta, lunatic, mailmen, manitou, manumit, melanic, metical, minable, momenta, mutable, nelumbo, nematic, niobate, noctule, notable, omental, omentum, outbeam, outlain, outline, tabouli, telamon, telomic, timbale, tinamou, toenail, tonemic, tunable, tunicae, tunicle, umbonal, umbonic.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-l-m-m-n-o-t-u"
 

+4 letters: commensurability.

 

+5 letters: communicabilities.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Incommutable


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

49 6E 63 6F 6D 6D 75 74 61 62 6C 65

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 01101110 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101101 01110101 01110100 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#99 &#111 &#109 &#109 &#117 &#116 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0063 006F 006D 006D 0075 0074 0061 0062 006C 0065

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

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

438069817979878667687871

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INDEX

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


  

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