incompatible

English

Etymology

French incompatible.

Adjective

incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)

  1. Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences
    • 2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com:
      After the story was published, Hunter stated that the temple's executive committee informed him that such statements were incompatible with being a rabbi.
    Synonym: irreconcilable
  2. (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

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  • backward-incompatible

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Noun

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

  1. (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
  2. (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
    • 2004, Boethius's In Ciceronis Topica, translated by Eleonore Stump
      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

Etymology

From in- + compatible.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /iŋ.kom.pəˈti.blə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /iŋ.kum.pəˈti.blə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /iŋ.kom.paˈti.ble/

Adjective

incompatible (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)

  1. incompatible

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French

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incompatible (plural incompatibles)

  1. incompatible

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Galician

Alternative forms

Adjective

incompatible m or f (plural incompatibles)

  1. incompatible

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Spanish

Adjective

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

  1. incompatible

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