invalid

English

Etymology 1

in- +‎ valid

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ĭn-vă'lĭd, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

invalid (comparative more invalid, superlative most invalid)

  1. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
    Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning.
    This invalid contract cannot be legally enforced.
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Etymology 2

From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”)

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ĭn'və-lĭd, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.və.lɪd/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

invalid (plural invalids)

  1. (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
  2. (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
  3. (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
Translations

Adjective

invalid (not comparable)

  1. Intended for use by an invalid.

Verb

invalid (third-person singular simple present invalids, present participle invaliding, simple past and past participle invalided)

  1. (Britain, transitive) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.
    He was invalided home after the car crash.
  2. (transitive) To make invalid or affect with disease.

German

Adjective

invalid (not comparable)

  1. invalid (confined to home or bed because of illness or disability)

Declension
Declension of invalid
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist invalid sie ist invalid es ist invalid sie sind invalid
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative invalider invalide invalides invalide
genitive invaliden invalider invaliden invalider
dative invalidem invalider invalidem invaliden
accusative invaliden invalide invalides invalide
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der invalide die invalide das invalide die invaliden
genitive des invaliden der invaliden des invaliden der invaliden
dative dem invaliden der invaliden dem invaliden den invaliden
accusative den invaliden die invalide das invalide die invaliden
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein invalider eine invalide ein invalides (keine) invaliden
genitive eines invaliden einer invaliden eines invaliden (keiner) invaliden
dative einem invaliden einer invaliden einem invaliden (keinen) invaliden
accusative einen invaliden eine invalide ein invalides (keine) invaliden

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /inʋǎliːd/
  • Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid

Noun

invàlīd m (Cyrillic spelling инва̀лӣд)

  1. invalid

Declension
Declension of invalid
singular plural
nominative invàlīd invalidi
genitive invalída invalida
dative invalidu invalidima
accusative invalida invalide
vocative invalide invalidi
locative invalidu invalidima
instrumental invalidom invalidima
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