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inviolable
English
Etymology
From Middle French inviolable, from Latin inviol?bilis (“untouchable”), from viol? (“violate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?va??l?bl?/
- Hyphenation: in?vi?o?la?ble
Adjective
inviolable (comparative more inviolable, superlative most inviolable)
- Not violable; not to be infringed.
- Synonyms: unbreakable, unbreachable
- Antonyms: (incapable of being complied) incompliable, (capable of being violated) violable, (capable of being violated) breakable
- Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
- Synonyms: holy, sacred, sacrosanct
- Antonym: violable
- Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.
- Synonyms: invincible, unassailable
- Antonym: invadable
Derived terms
Translations
References
- inviolable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- inviolable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From Latin inviol?bilis (“untouchable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.vj?.labl/
- Homophone: inviolables
Adjective
inviolable (plural inviolables)
- inviolable
Further reading
- “inviolable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin inviol?bilis (“untouchable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imbjo?lable/, [?m.bjo?la.??le]
Adjective
inviolable (plural inviolables)
- inviolable
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solemn
English
Etymology
From Middle English solempne, solemne (“performed with religious ceremony or reverence; devoted to religious observances, sacred; ceremonious, formal; of a vow: made under a religious sanction, binding; religious celebration, celebration of a feast day; famous, well-known; important; grand, imposing; awe-inspiring, impressive; grave, serious; dignified; enunciated or held formally”) [and other forms], from Old French solempne, solemne (“serious, solemn”) [and other forms], or from its etymon Late Latin s?lempnis, s?lennis, from Latin s?lemnis, from sollemnis (“appointed, established, fixed; common, customary, ordinary, ritual, traditional, usual; ceremonial, religious, solemn; festive; annual, yearly”) [and other forms]. The further etymology is uncertain; sollus (“entire, whole”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh?- (“whole”)) + epulum (“banquet, feast”) (in the sense of a ritual; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ed- (“to eat”)) has been suggested.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?l?m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?l?m/
- Hyphenation: sol?emn
Adjective
solemn (comparative solemner or more solemn, superlative solemnest or most solemn)
- (religion, specifically Christianity) Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred.
- (by extension)
- Characterized by or performed with appropriate or great ceremony or formality.
- Deeply serious and sombre; grave.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:serious
- Antonyms: lighthearted, unserious
- Inspiring serious feelings or thoughts; sombrely impressive.
- Synonym: awe-inspiring
- (obsolete) Cheerless, gloomy, sombre.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cheerless
- Antonyms: cheerful; see also Thesaurus:blissful
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- solemnity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- solemn (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Lemnos, Melson, Selmon, Smolen, lemons, losmen, melons, nmoles
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sollemnis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so?lemn/
Adjective
solemn m or n (feminine singular solemn?, masculine plural solemni, feminine and neuter plural solemne)
- solemn, grave, serious
- impressive, exalted
- festive, celebratory
Declension
Synonyms
- (grave): grav, serios
- (festive): festiv, s?rb?toresc
Related terms
- solemnitate
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