impassable
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pa.sabl/
impassable is spelled I-M-P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impassable is a French adjective meaning “impassable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qu’on ne peut passer, franchir”.
What does impassable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
impassable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qu’on ne peut passer, franchir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impassable
- impassables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impassable?
- /ɛ̃.pa.sabl/
- \ɛ̃.pa.sabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impassable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impassable in French?
impassable appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).