different between indeclinable vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. See in- not, and decline.

Adjective

indeclinable (not comparable)

1. That one cannot decline; unavoidable.
   • 1994, Helen R. Myers, To Wed at Christmas (page 101)

     He'd planned to work a double shift Friday night, but Gladys Silverman's indeclinable invitation threw a hefty wrench into David's plans.

2. (grammar, of a word) Not grammatically declinable.

Synonyms

• undeclinable

Hypernyms

• uninflectable
• invariable

Translations

Noun

indeclinable (plural indeclinables)

1. (grammar) A word that is not grammatically inflected.

Further reading

• indeclinable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Spanish

Adjective

indeclinable (plural indeclinables)

1. (grammar) indeclinable
2. unavoidable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

Translations