Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indelible

/ɪnˈdɛləbl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: in-deli-ble
IPA: /ɪnˈdɛləbl/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.

adj

Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.

adj

Incapable of being annulled.

Example Sentences

"This ink spot on the contract is indelible."
"This stain on my shirt is indelible."
"Written with indelible pen."
"The brow was smooth and fair; no deep thought, born of deep feeling, had grown there—those indelible lines which stamp even youth with age."
"That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory."
"During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the indelible stigma it would bring."

Etymology

From Latin indēlēbilis (“indestructible”). By surface analysis, in- + delible.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: indēlēbilis

Inflected Forms

more indelible (comparative) most indelible (superlative)

Derived Forms

indelibleness

Frequently Paired Words

indelibility indelibly

Synonyms

unerasable unforgettable

Antonyms

delible uninsertable

Questions

How do you pronounce indelible?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈdɛləbl/.
What does indelible mean?: Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
Where does indelible come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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