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indecomposable

/ˌɪndiːkəmˈpəʊzəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
in-de-com-pos-able
IPA
/ˌɪndiːkəmˈpəʊzəbəl/
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not decomposable: unable to be decomposed.

adj

Not writeable as the direct sum of two non-trivial modules.

noun

An indecomposable module.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English decompose Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English decomposable English indecomposable From in- + decomposable.

Inflected Forms

indecomposables (plural)

Derived Forms

indecomposability indecomposableness

Questions

How do you pronounce indecomposable?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪndiːkəmˈpəʊzəbəl/.
What does indecomposable mean?
Not decomposable: unable to be decomposed.
Where does indecomposable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English decompose Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English decomposable English indecomposable From in- + decomposable.

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