different between unintelligible vs inexplicable

English

Etymology

un- +? intelligible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?n?t?l?d??b?l/

Adjective

unintelligible (comparative more unintelligible, superlative most unintelligible)

1. Not intelligible; unable to be understood.
   • 1697, John Locke, Letter to the Bishop of Worcester (second reply):

     And indeed, my lord, there are so many passages in your writing in this controversy with me, which for their construction, as well as otherwise, are so unintelligible to me, that if I should be so unmannerly as to measure your understanding by mine, I should not know what to think of them.

Synonyms

• inscrutable, unexplainable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Antonyms

• intelligible; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Translations

See also

• incomprehensible
• unfathomable
• fathomless

English

Etymology

From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplic?bilis, from in- (“not”) +? explic?bilis (“explicable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.?k?spl?.k?.bl?/, /?n??k.spl?.k?.b?l/

Adjective

inexplicable (comparative more inexplicable, superlative most inexplicable)

1. Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

   Synonyms: inexplainable, unexplainable, insoluble; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

   Antonyms: explicable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.?ks.pli?ka.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.eks.pli?ka.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

inexplicable (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

• “inexplicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexplicable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis; synchronically, in- +? explicable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?k.spli.kabl/

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

• “inexplicable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• inexplicábel

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Adjective

inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ine?spli?kable/, [i.ne??s.pli?ka.??le]

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente