Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incalculable

/ɪnˈkæl.kjə.lə.bəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: in-cal-cu-la-ble
IPA: /ɪnˈkæl.kjə.lə.bəl/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Impossible to calculate.

adj

Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation.

adj

Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.

Example Sentences

"The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable."
"He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English calculable English incalculable From in- + calculable.

Inflected Forms

more incalculable (comparative) most incalculable (superlative)

Derived Forms

incalculableness

Frequently Paired Words

incalculability incalculably immeasurable immensurable unmeasurable calculate indescribable innumerable

Synonyms

incomputable innumerable unimaginable huge capricious fickle countless incalculable inestimable noncalculable uncalculable uncomputable

Antonyms

calculable calculatable

Questions

How do you pronounce incalculable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkæl.kjə.lə.bəl/.
What does incalculable mean?: Impossible to calculate.
Where does incalculable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English calculable English incalculable From in- + calculable.

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