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incomparable
English
Etymology
From Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incompar?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???k?mp(?)r?b?l/, /??k?m?pær?b?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k?mp(?)r?b?l/, /??k?m?p?r?b?l/
Adjective
incomparable (comparative more incomparable, superlative most incomparable)
- So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
- c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
- I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
- c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
- (rare) Not able to be compared.
Usage notes
- Using more or most with incomparable, though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread.
- Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as so and very.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
incomparable (plural incomparables)
- Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin incompar?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /i?.kom.p???a.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /i?.kum.p???a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i?.kom.pa??a.ble/
Adjective
incomparable (masculine and feminine plural incomparables)
- uncomparable, incomparable
- Antonym: comparable
Derived terms
- incomparablement
Further reading
- “incomparable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “incomparable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “incomparable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “incomparable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin incompar?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.k??.pa.?abl/
Adjective
incomparable (plural incomparables)
- incomparable; uncomparable
- Antonym: comparable
Derived terms
- incomparablement
Further reading
- “incomparable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin incompar?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inkompa??able/, [??.kõm.pa??a.??le]
Adjective
incomparable (plural incomparables)
- uncomparable
- Antonym: comparable
Derived terms
- incomparablemente
Further reading
- “incomparable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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transcendent
English
Etymology
From transcend +? -ent, or borrowed from Latin tr?nscend?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?æn(t)?s?nd?nt/
Adjective
transcendent (comparative more transcendent, superlative most transcendent)
- surpassing usual limits
- supreme in excellence
- beyond the range of usual perception
- free from constraints of the material world
Related terms
Noun
transcendent (plural transcendents)
- That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tr?nscend?ns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tr?n.s?n?d?nt/
- Hyphenation: trans?cen?dent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
transcendent (not comparable)
- (mathematic) transcendental, not algebraic
Inflection
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???.s??d/
Verb
transcendent
- third-person plural present indicative of transcender
- third-person plural present subjunctive of transcender
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tran?sken.dent/, [t??ä???s?k?n?d??n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tran??en.dent/, [t???n?????n?d??n?t?]
Verb
tr?nscendent
- third-person plural future active indicative of tr?nscend?
Romanian
Etymology
From French transcendant, from Latin transcendens.
Adjective
transcendent m or n (feminine singular transcendent?, masculine plural transcenden?i, feminine and neuter plural transcendente)
- transcendent
Declension
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