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impossible
English
Alternative forms
- inpossible (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French impossible, from Latin impossibilis, from in- (“not”) + possibilis (“possible”), from possum (“to be able”) + suffix -ibilis (“-able”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?p?s.?.b?l/, /?m?p?s.?.b?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?p?.s?bl/
- Hyphenation: im?pos?si?ble
Adjective
impossible (comparative more impossible, superlative most impossible)
- Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
- 1610-11?, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, scene i:
- Antonio: What impossible matter will he make easy next?
- Sebastian: I think he will carry this island home in his pocket and give it his son for an apple.
- Antonio : And sowing the kernels of it in the sea bring forth more islands.
- 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Nothing is impossible, only impassible.
- 13 March 1962, John F. Kennedy
- Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
- 1610-11?, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, scene i:
- (colloquial, of a person) Very difficult to deal with.
- (mathematics, dated) imaginary
Synonyms
- unpossible (rare)
Antonyms
- (not able to be done or happen): possible, inevitable
Derived terms
- impossibility
- impossibly
- mission impossible
Translations
Noun
impossible (plural impossibles)
- (obsolete) an impossibility
- Late 14th century: “Madame,” quod he, “this were an impossible!” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin impossibilis, equivalent to in- +? possible.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /im.pu?si.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.po?si.ble/
Adjective
impossible (masculine and feminine plural impossibles)
- impossible
- Antonym: possible
Derived terms
- impossiblement
Related terms
- impossibilitat
Further reading
- “impossible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “impossible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “impossible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “impossible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From im- +? possible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.p?.sibl/
Adjective
impossible (plural impossibles)
- impossible
Derived terms
- à cœur vaillant rien d'impossible
- à l'impossible nul n'est tenu
- impossible n'est pas français
- impossiblement
Further reading
- “impossible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Adjective
impossible m or f (plural impossibles)
- impossible
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dephlogisticate
English
Etymology
From de- +? phlogisticate, after French déphlogistiquer (“to dephlogisticate”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: d?"fl?j?s't?k?t", IPA(key): /?difl??d???st??ke?t/
- (US) enPR: d?"fl?j?s't?k?t", IPA(key): /?difl??d???st??ke(?)t/
Verb
dephlogisticate (third-person singular simple present dephlogisticates, present participle dephlogisticating, simple past and past participle dephlogisticated)
- To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible
Derived terms
- dephlogisticated
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