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interminable
English
Etymology
From Middle French interminable, from Late Latin interminabilis
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?t??(?).m?n.?.b?l/
Adjective
interminable (comparative more interminable, superlative most interminable)
- Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
Translations
Noun
interminable (plural interminables)
- (mathematics, dated) A repeating decimal.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin intermin?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /in.t??.mi?na.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /in.t?r.mi?na.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.te?.mi?na.ble/
Adjective
interminable (masculine and feminine plural interminables)
- interminable, unending
Derived terms
- interminablement
Further reading
- “interminable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “interminable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “interminable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “interminable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intermin?bilis. Synchronically analysable as in- +? terminer +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t??.mi.nabl/
Adjective
interminable (plural interminables)
- unending, endless, ceaseless, neverending
Further reading
- “interminable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Adjective
interminable (plural interminables)
- unending, interminable
- Synonym: inacabable
Related terms
- terminar
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tiresome
English
Etymology
tire +? -some
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ta??s?m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ta??s?m/
- Hyphenation: tire?some
Adjective
tiresome (comparative more tiresome, superlative most tiresome)
- Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
- Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
Synonyms
- (causing fatigue or boredom): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome, exhausting
- See also Thesaurus:wearisome
Antonyms
- (causing fatigue or boredom): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting
Derived terms
- tiresomeness
Translations
Anagrams
- Timorese, mroseite, romeites
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