Impensable

Part of Speech

adjective

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 undenkbar , 🇪🇸 impensable , 🇮🇹 inimmaginabile , 🇵🇹 impensável , 🇨🇳 不可思议的 , 🇯🇵 考えられない , 🇰🇷 생각할 수 없는 , 🇸🇦 غير قابل للتفكير , 🇮🇳 सोचना असंभव

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Etymology

The adjective **impensable** is a direct borrowing from Old French *impenſable*, formed by negating the adjective **pensable** (“worth thinking, conceivable”). *Pensable* itself comes from the verb *penser*, derived from Latin *pensāre* “to weigh, to think”, with the suffix *‑able* indicating possibility. Thus, *impensable* literally means “not worth or capable of being thought about” – i.e., “unthinkable”.

Synonyms

inconcevable inimaginable inenvisageable incommensurable inouï ineffable

Antonyms

possible réalisable prévisible raisonnable pensable