Inestimable

Definition: Inestimable

Inestimable

Adjective

1. Beyond calculation or measure; "of incalculable value"; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth".

Date "inestimable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Etymology: Inestimable \In*es"ti*ma*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression inaestimabilis: compare to the French expression inestimable. See In- not, and Estimate.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Inestimable

Synonyms: immeasurable (adj), incomputable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inexpedience	Admirable, estimable; praiseworthy; (approve); pleasing; couleur de rose, precious, of great price; costly; (dear); worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye; priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Inestimable

English words defined with "inestimable": immeasurable, incomputable, Invalued ♦ Sumless. (references)

Specialty definitions using "inestimable": Alcofribas. (references)

Etymologies containing "inestimable": Invalued. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Inestimable" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (inestimable, invaluable, priceless, wicked), Spanish (above price, inestimable, invaluable, priceless, unestimable).

Domain	Title
Books	The Queen's Silver Jubilee : a pictorial souvenir to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne and to pay tribute to Her Majesty for her inestimable services to Great Britain and the Commonwealth (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Treasure of Inestimable Value (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Hosea Ballou	The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
US Declaration of Independence	1776	He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James K. Polk	1845-1849	The inestimable value of our Federal Union is felt and acknowledged by all.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Inestimable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inestimable" is used about 41 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%	41	53,521

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "inestimable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i pallogaritshëm (incalculable), i paçmueshëm (inappreciable, invaluable, priceless, unpriced). (various references)

Arabic		‏نفيس (costly, invaluable, noble, oriental, precious, priceless, recherche, valuable), ‏لا يقدر, ‏لا يثمن. (various references)

Bulgarian		скъп (costly, dear, expensive, precious, pricey, sparing, swanky, sweetheart, swish, well-beloved), неоценим (priceless, unpriced), неизчислим (countless, incalculable, incomputable), безценен (priceless). (various references)

Chinese		难以估计, 不可估量 (beyond measure, incalculable). (various references)

Czech		neocenitelný (invaluable, priceless). (various references)

Farsi		فوق العاده (Extra, Extraordinary, Phenomenal, Precious, Singular, Strenuous, Supernatural, Terrific), گرانبها (Lief, Rich, Valuable), تخمین ناپذیر, بی بها. (various references)

Finnish		arvaamaton (incalculable, invaluable, unforeseen, unlookedfor). (various references)

French		inestimable (invaluable), incalculable (incalculable), inappréciable (inappreciable, invaluable). (various references)

German		unschätzbar (incalculable, inestimably, invaluable, invaluably, priceless, unestimable). (various references)

Greek		ανυπολόγιστοσ (immeasurable, imponderable, incalculable, uncalculated, unthinking), ανεκτίμητοσ (invaluable, priceless). (various references)

Hebrew		שאין ל�"עריכו, אין שעור ל-, אין ערוך ל-. (various references)

Hungarian		felbecsülhetetlen (incalculable, invaluable, to do yeoman service, to do yeoman's service). (various references)

Italian		inestimabile (invaluable, priceless, unestimable). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		計り知れない (immeasurable, unfathomable). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		はかりしれない (immeasurable, unfathomable). (various references)

Manx		erskyn prios (invaluable), erskyn leagh (invaluable, priceless). (various references)

Norwegian		uvurderlig (invaluable). (various references)

Pig Latin		inestimableay

Portuguese		inestimável (incalculable, invaluable, priceless, unpriced), incalculável (incalculable, inconceivable, invaluable, odd, uncounted, untold), não essencial (importless, incidental, nonesuch, not essential, unessential). (various references)

Romanian		inestimabil (invaluable, priceless), incalculabil (countless, incalculable, invaluable, untold), mãrunţiş (broken money, change, pin money, small change, trifles), de nepreţuit (above price), de mare valoare. (various references)

Russian		неоценимый (above rubies, immeasurable, invaluable, unvalued), не поддающийся оценке. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neprocenljiv (imponderable, inappreciable, priceless). (various references)

Spanish		inestimable (above price, invaluable, priceless, unestimable), sin valor (Duff, miserable, trumpery, valueless, worthless), sin precio. (various references)

Swedish		ovärderlig (invaluable, priceless), oskattbar. (various references)

Turkish		paha biçilmez (invaluable, priceless), hesaplanamaz (incalculable, incomputable, innumerable, uncountable). (various references)

Ukranian		неоцінимий. (various references)

Vietnamese		vô giá (invaluable, unestimable), không thể đánh giá được (unestimable). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	inaestimabilis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Inestimable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inestemable, instiable. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "inestimable" (pronounced 'In*es"ti*ma*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. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-i-l-m-n-s-t"
	-1 letter: eliminates.
	-2 letters: amenities, bailments, eliminate, enamelist, estimable, ilmenites, melanites, melinites, stablemen, timelines.
	-3 letters: ailments, albinism, alienism, alienist, aliments, ambients, bailment, bailsmen, balmiest, baseline, basement, beamiest, betaines, bimensal, bimetals, enmities, etamines, ilmenite, imitable, instable, lambiest, lenities, limbiest, litanies, manliest, matinees, mealiest, melanist, melanite, melinite, metalise, mineable, minilabs, miseaten, nestable, nimblest, sibilant, sibilate, smaltine, stilbene.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-i-i-l-m-n-s-t"
	+2 letters: amenabilities.
	+3 letters: inimitableness.
	+4 letters: antimetabolites, enumerabilities, germinabilities, illimitableness, indomitableness, manageabilities, mensurabilities.
	+5 letters: compensabilities, denumerabilities, disestablishment, impregnabilities, inimitablenesses, interminableness, machineabilities.
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