inextricable

English

Etymology

From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.

Adjective

inextricable

(of a knot etc) Impossible to untie or disentangle.
- 2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:
  And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism.
(of a problem) Impossible to solve.
(of a maze etc) Impossible to escape from.

Translations

impossible to untie or disentangle

Bulgarian: заплетен (bg) (zapleten), неразвръзваем (nerazvrǎzvaem)
French: inextricable (fr)
German: unentwirrbar (de), unablösbar
Italian: inestricabile (it)
Latin: inextricabilis
Russian: не распутывающийся (ne rasputyvajuščijsja), безнадёжно запутанный (beznadjóžno zaputannyj)
Spanish: inextricable

impossible to solve

Bulgarian: неразрешим (bg) (nerazrešim)
German: unlösbar (de)
Russian: неразрешимый (ru) (nerazrešimyj)
Swedish: olöslig (sv)

impossible to escape from

Bulgarian: безизходен (bg) (bezizhoden)
French: inextricable (fr)
German: unentrinnbar (de)
Russian: безвыходный (ru) (bezvyxodnyj)
Swedish: omöjlig att komma ur

French

Adjective

inextricable (plural inextricables)

inextricable

Further reading

“inextricable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Adjective

inextricable (plural inextricables)

inextricable

Derived terms

inextricablemente

Further reading

“inextricable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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