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Meaning of "inscrutable" in the French dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INSCRUTABLE IN FRENCH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSCRUTABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Inscrutable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INSCRUTABLE MEAN IN FRENCH?

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Definition of inscrutable in the French dictionary

The definition of inscrutable in the dictionary is that which can not be scrutinized; that human intelligence can not understand, perceive.

La définition de inscrutable dans le dictionnaire est qui ne peut être scruté; que l'intelligence humaine ne peut comprendre, percevoir.


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FRENCH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSCRUTABLE


acceptable
acceptable
adaptable
adaptable
ajustable
ajustable
charitable
charitable
constable
constable
immutable
immutable
implantable
implantable
imputable
imputable
inacceptable
inacceptable
instable
instable
irritable
irritable
notable
notable
portable
portable
potable
potable
profitable
profitable
souhaitable
souhaitable
stable
stable
table
table
véritable
véritable
équitable
équitable

FRENCH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INSCRUTABLE

insciemment
inscience
inscient
inscripteur
inscriptible
inscription
inscriptrice
inscrire
inscrit
inscrite
insculpation
insculper
insécabilité
insécable
insecouable
insecourable
insecouru
insectarium
insecte
insecticide

FRENCH WORDS THAT END LIKE INSCRUTABLE

adoptable
citable
comptable
confortable
discutable
excitable
exploitable
habitable
imbattable
incontestable
inimitable
insupportable
inéluctable
lamentable
mutable
patentable
rentable
respectable
sortable
supportable

Synonyms and antonyms of inscrutable in the French dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INSCRUTABLE» IN FRENCH

The following French words have a similar or identical meaning as «inscrutable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
French synonyms of inscrutable

Translation of «inscrutable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSCRUTABLE

Find out the translation of inscrutable to 25 languages with our French multilingual translator.
The translations of inscrutable from French to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inscrutable» in French.

Translator French - Chinese

高深莫测
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator French - Spanish

inescrutable
570 millions of speakers

Translator French - English

inscrutable
510 millions of speakers

Translator French - Hindi

गूढ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator French - Arabic

غامض
280 millions of speakers

Translator French - Russian

непостижимый
278 millions of speakers

Translator French - Portuguese

inescrutável
270 millions of speakers

Translator French - Bengali

অবর্ণনীয়
260 millions of speakers

French

inscrutable
220 millions of speakers

Translator French - Malay

yg tak dpt diketahui
190 millions of speakers

Translator French - German

unergründlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator French - Japanese

解せません
130 millions of speakers

Translator French - Korean

헤아릴 수없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator French - Javanese

inscrutable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator French - Vietnamese

không dò xét được
80 millions of speakers

Translator French - Tamil

புரிந்து கொள்ளக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator French - Marathi

गूढ
75 millions of speakers

Translator French - Turkish

esrarlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator French - Italian

inscrutabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator French - Polish

nieprzenikniony
50 millions of speakers

Translator French - Ukrainian

незбагненний
40 millions of speakers

Translator French - Romanian

enigmatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator French - Greek

ανεξιχνίαστος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator French - Afrikaans

onpeilbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator French - Swedish

inscrutable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator French - Norwegian

uutgrunnelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inscrutable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSCRUTABLE»

The term «inscrutable» is quite widely used and occupies the 12.794 position in our list of most widely used terms in the French dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INSCRUTABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the French literature, quotes and news about inscrutable

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10 FRENCH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSCRUTABLE»

Discover the use of inscrutable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inscrutable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in French literature.
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Transparence et communication
La notion de monde propre me paraît importante, car au fond une part de l'autre reste inscrutable dans nos relations. Et il est très important que cette part demeure inscrutable. Or le monde moderne affiche de plus en plus sa prétention à ...
Jean-Jacques Boutaud, 2006
2
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, passager du siècle: actes du ...
Chacun de nous un jour dans sa vie et l'écriture, a fait aussi l'intime expérience de ce Paul Ricœur appelle l'énigme du temps, " l'inscrutable "1. Avant d'en suivre les empreintes dans l'écriture de Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, quelques ...
Arlette Albert-Birot, Michel Décaudin, 2003
3
Maniáeres de penser dans l'antiquitâe mediterranâeenne et ...
It is patterned on biblical descriptions of divine attributes such as Is 40.28 ותנובתל רקח ןיא (“his wisdom is inscrutable”) and Ps 145.3 רקח ןיא ותלדגלו (“and his greatness is inscrutable”). Cf. also Job 5.9; 9.10. For similar collocations in the scrolls ...
Christophe Batsch, Mădălina Vârtejanu-Joubert, 2009
4
Cahiers Ferdinand de Saussure
(9.8) « Et, dès lors, puisqu'une essence inscrutable et inaccessible par nature existe, à son inscrutabilité, offrande d'ignorance il faut présenter » (11.9-10). Nous pensons, avec tous les traducteurs, que dans la proposition arménienne citée, ...
Ferdinand de Saussure, Société genèvoise de linguistique
5
Architecture, Ethics, and Technology:
10 And he wrote elsewhere: "Some hold that chance is the genuine cause of things, but one that has something divine and mysterious about it that makes it inscrutable to the human intelligence."" It should be emphasized here that making is ...
Louise Pelletier, Alberto Pérez-Gómez, 1994
6
Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
INSCRUTABLE. lette». Inscrire, jour par jonr, snrnn registre, tontes tes opérations commerciales. Inscrire nn bordereau, une créance, va droit d'hypothèque. Inscrire une rente nu grand-livre, snr le grand-livre." | II signifie qnelqnefois ( tmgrooeti ...
Académie française, 1851
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Dictionnaire des dictionnaires; ou, Vocabulaire universel et ...
État, qualité d'une chose inscrutable ou impénétrable. , inscrutable. adj. 2 g. ( ainss-kru-tabl) [scrutari, sonder ]. Impénétrable, qui ne peut être conçu , qui ne peut être compris par l'esprit humain : n'est guère usilé qu'en style de l'Ecriture.
Académie française, 1839
8
La langue poétique indo-européenne: actes du colloque de ...
But the Sphinx' posterior sphincter / Is clogged by the sands of the Nile, / Which accounts for the hump on the camel / And the Sphinx' inscrutable smile. » In fact, all three gentlemen presented me with slightly different versions, and google ...
Georges-Jean Pinault, Daniel Petit, 2006
9
The idea of freedom: a dialectical examination of the ...
Les saints, au milieu de la félicité éternelle que leur asti) Kant dit, dans ses Principes métaphysiques de la morale, que la vertu peut être fortifiée par l' admiration de son origine inscrutable. Quelque idée qu'on se fasse de son génie  ...
Mortimer Jerome Adler, Institute for Philosophical Research (Chicago, Ill.), 1866
10
La morale fouillée dans ses fondements: essai d'anthropodicée
Les saints, au milieu de la félicité éternelle que leur asti) Kant dit, dans ses Principes métaphysiques de la morale, que la vertu peut être fortifiée par l' admiration de son origine inscrutable. Quelque idée qu'on se fasse de son géuie  ...
Prudence Boissière, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSCRUTABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inscrutable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Revue de presse dansée, S14-15 EP33
... The Telegraph ("The most charismatic performer on earth"), The New York Times, The Arts Desk ("'Bye' is funny, touching, inscrutable, clever, ... «Danses avec la plume, May 15»
2
21 picks from the first three months of the year
Some were political, some were inscrutable, and others were just easyFun, but when taken together, these releases not only perfectly embodied the sensory ... «Tiny Mix Tapes, Apr 15»
3
Lorde's Producer Says Lorde Is Recording New Music Soon
In the meantime, pore over Lorde's Twitter for inscrutable hints about upcoming songs. For example, her Valentine's Day tweet about ... «Cosmopolitan.com, Feb 15»
4
Film Review: Electricity
Agyness Deyn is electrifying in this beautiful, often inscrutable film about a young woman searching for her brother while struggling with ... «So So Gay, Dec 14»
5
The Barr Brothers and their Malian muse
Andrew adds: “The poverty is inscrutable, and you want to help, but there's so little that's being done. You see all these children suffering from ... «Cult MTL, Nov 14»
6
Pourquoi dire la guerre ? Pour quoi penser la paix ?
... penser la guerre, c'est penser l'impensable. C'est restituer dans le Logos ce qui lui échappe manifestement, ce qui est insondable, « inscrutable » dirait Paul ... «Revues.org, Nov 14»
7
Ralph Waldo Emerson, ou le génie de l'imitation
C'est le propre du génie que de demeurer inscrutable : « The Genius draws up the ladder after him. […] Shakspeare is the only biographer of ... «Revues.org, Oct 14»
8
Guy Gilles, épris de justesse
... où le cinéaste accorde son obsession pour l'inscrutable objet de la mélancolie au frémissement vital d'un récit vagabond, solaire, cerné par ... «Libération, Sep 14»
9
«Sunhi», yesterday my life...
... supposé «mystère féminin», mais sa préoccupation, depuis quelques films au moins, paraît tourner autour de l'énigme inscrutable de l'Autre. «Libération, Jul 14»
10
Teshigawara/Brown/Kylián, Palais Garnier, Paris
Trisha Brown can be every bit as inscrutable, but her Glacial Decoy was a welcome return to choreographic clarity after Darkness. This 1979 ... «Financial Times, Nov 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Inscrutable [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-fr/inscrutable>. Apr 2024 ».
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