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incurable

French, adjective/ɛ̃.ky.ʁabl/

incurable is spelled I-N-C-U-R-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incurable is a French adjective meaning “incurable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne peut être guéri”.

What does incurable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    incurable

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui ne peut être guéri. 2. Incorrigible ; indécrottable.

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 incurable

  • incurables plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce incurable?

  • /ɛ̃.ky.ʁabl/
  • \ɛ̃.ky.ʁabl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to incurable

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is incurable in French?

incurable appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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