indisputable
/ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true
Example Sentences
- "Nay, if he be of a proud humour, […] he will not Bate an Ace of abſolute certainty, but however doubtful or improbable the thing is, coming f[r]om him it muſt go for an indiſputable truth."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilis Latin indisputābilislbor. English indisputable Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis. By surface analysis, in- + disputable.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/
- British English: /ˌɪn.dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/