different between inalienable vs allodial

English

Etymology

Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ne?.l?.?.n?.b?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ne?.li.?.n?.b?l/

Adjective

inalienable (not comparable)

1. Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.

   inalienable right a right that cannot be given away

2. (grammar) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts.

Usage notes

While inalienable and unalienable are today used interchangeably (with inalienable the more common) the terms have historically sometimes been distinguished.

Synonyms

• unalienable

Antonyms

• (incapable of being alienated): alienable

Translations

References

Spanish

Adjective

inalienable (plural inalienables)

1. inalienable

English

Etymology

From Middle French allodial, and its source, Latin allodialis (“held in freehold”), from allodium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l??di?l/

Adjective

allodial (not comparable)

1. (historical) Pertaining to land owned by someone absolutely, without any feudal obligations; held without acknowledgement of any superior. [from 17th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 351:

     Henry reconciled the Zähringer, whom he had deposed from Carinthia in 1078, by raising their allodial property in the Black Forest to a new duchy 20 years later.

Derived terms

• allodialist
• allodially

See also

• allodial title

Translations

Noun

allodial (plural allodials)

1. Anything held allodially.

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French

Adjective

allodial (feminine singular allodiale, masculine plural allodiaux, feminine plural allodiales)

1. allodial

Further reading

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