incompatible
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/, /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)
- Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.
- Synonym: irreconcilable
- 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.
- (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- backward-incompatible
Derived terms
Translations
impossible to coexist; irreconcilable
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Noun
incompatible (plural incompatibles)
- (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
- (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
Adjective
incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Derived terms
Further reading
- “incompatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Derived terms
Further reading
- “incompatible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
Related terms
Further reading
- “incompatible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Adjective
incompatible m (feminine singular incompatibla, masculine plural incompatibles, feminine plural incompatiblas)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Derived terms
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)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Related terms
Further reading
- “incompatible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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