different between cloudy vs inexplicable

English

Etymology

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English cl?di? (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kla?di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?a?di/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?kla??d?/
• Rhymes: -a?di

Adjective

cloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
2. Not transparent or clear.
3. Uncertain; unclear.
4. (computing, informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.

   a cloudy infrastructure

5. (slang, archaic) shady; sketchy; suspicious

Derived terms

• cloudily
• cloudiness

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cloudi, clowdy, clowdie
• (Early ME) cludi?

Etymology

From Old English cl?di?; equivalent to cloud +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klu?di?/

Adjective

cloudy

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; clouded.
2. Not transparent or clear; murky, gloomy.
3. (rare) Inspiring dread; scary, frightening.
4. (rare) Featuring rocks; rocky, stony.

Related terms

• cloudy

Descendants

• English: cloudy
• Scots: cluddy, cloody

References

• “cl?ud?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplic?bilis, from in- (“not”) +? explic?bilis (“explicable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.?k?spl?.k?.bl?/, /?n??k.spl?.k?.b?l/

Adjective

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

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.?ks.pli?ka.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.eks.pli?ka.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

inexplicable (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

• “inexplicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexplicable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

French

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis; synchronically, in- +? explicable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?k.spli.kabl/

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

• “inexplicable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• inexplicábel

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Adjective

inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ine?spli?kable/, [i.ne??s.pli?ka.??le]

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente