different between irresistible vs irresistable

English

Alternative forms

• irresistable (dated)

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????z?st?bl?/

Adjective

irresistible (comparative more irresistible, superlative most irresistible)

1. Impossile to resist.
2. Compellingly attractive.

Derived terms

• irresistibility
• irresistibleness
• irresistibly

Translations

Asturian

Adjective

irresistible (epicene, plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

Catalan

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.r?.zis?ti.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.re.zis?ti.ble/

Adjective

irresistible (masculine and feminine plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblement

Galician

Alternative forms

• irresistíbel

Adjective

irresistible m or f (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible, resistíbel

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Spanish

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iresis?tible/, [i.re.sis?t?i.??le]

Adjective

irresistible (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Further reading

• “irresistible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Adjective

irresistable (comparative more irresistable, superlative most irresistable)

1. Dated form of irresistible.
   • 1895, Medical Review (volumes 30-31, page 423)

     The victim is an irresistable, insane subject of the peculiar trance, oblivious to his acts, and ofttimes unconscious of them afterward. During the attack he is in no way the same actor.

Further reading

• irresistable at OneLook Dictionary Search
• irresistable, irresistible at Google Ngram Viewer