different between interminable vs unbroken

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)

1. Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.

Translations

Noun

interminable (plural interminables)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. unending, interminable

   Synonym: inacabable

Related terms

• terminar

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?b?o?kn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?b???kn?/
• Hyphenation: un?bro?ken

Etymology 1

From Middle English unbroken, from Old English un?ebrocen (“unbroken”), equivalent to un- +? broken. Cognate with Dutch ongebroken (“unbroken”), German Low German unbroken (“unbroken”), German ungebrochen (“unbroken”).

Adjective

unbroken (not comparable)

1. Whole, not divided into parts.

   After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.

2. Of a horse, not tamed.

   There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.

3. Continuous, without interruption.

   The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.

Synonyms

• (whole, not divided into parts): complete, entire, in one piece, undivided, whole
• (describing a horse): untamed, wild
• (continuous): continuous, uninterrupted

Antonyms

• (whole): broken, shattered, smashed, split
• (describing a horse): domesticated, tame, tamed
• (continuous): broken, interrupted

Translations

Etymology 2

From unbreak.

Verb

unbroken

1. past participle of unbreak