inexplicable

From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicābilis, from in- (“not”) +‎ explicābilis (“explicable”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/, /ɪnˈɛk.splɪ.kə.bəl/

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inexplicable (comparative more inexplicable, superlative most inexplicable)

1. Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

   Synonyms: inexplainable, unexplainable, insoluble; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

   Antonyms: explicable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible

   • 1873, Jules Verne, chapter I, in [anonymous], transl., Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas; […], James R. Osgood edition, Boston, Mass.: Geo[rge] M[urray] Smith & Co., →OCLC, part I, page 3:

     The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.

Borrowed from Latin inexplicābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.əks.pliˈkab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [in.eks.pliˈka.ble]
• Rhymes: -abblə, -able

inexplicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable

   Antonym: explicable

• inexplicablement

• “inexplicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexplicable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin inexplicābilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ explicable.

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛk.spli.kabl/

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

• inexplicablement

• “inexplicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• inexplicábel

From Latin inexplicābilis.

inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

• inexplicablemente

From Latin inexplicābilis.

• IPA^(key): /ineɡspliˈkable/ [i.neɣ̞s.pliˈka.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧nex‧pli‧ca‧ble

inexplicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

• “inexplicable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014