incompatible
English
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editAdjective
editincompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)
- Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.
- Synonym: irreconcilable
- My phone is incompatible with the latest version of this app.
- 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:
- Courts of equity are in many instances so nice and intricate, that they are incompatible with the genius of trials by jury.
- 2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com[1]:
- After the story was published, Hunter stated that the temple's executive committee informed him that such statements were incompatible with being a rabbi.
- (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
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editTranslations
editimpossible to coexist; irreconcilable
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editNoun
editincompatible (plural incompatibles)
- (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
- the incompatibles of iron
- (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
- 2004, Boethius, translated by Eleonore Stump, In Ciceronis Topica:
- Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom in- + compatible.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [iŋ.kum.pəˈtib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.kom.pəˈtib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kom.paˈti.ble]
Adjective
editincompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “incompatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
editAdjective
editincompatible (plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “incompatible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editAlternative forms
editAdjective
editincompatible m or f (plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonyms: compatible, compatíbel
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “incompatible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Occitan
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editincompatible m (feminine singular incompatibla, masculine plural incompatibles, feminine plural incompatiblas)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 560.
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 338.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editincompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
- incompatible
- Antonym: compatible
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “incompatible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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