inéluctable
French, adjective/i.ne.lyk.tabl/
inéluctable is spelled I-N-É-L-U-C-T-A-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inéluctable is a French adjective meaning “ineluctable; inevitable, unescapable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie quelque chose qui est inévitable, fatal et qu’aucune force ne saurait détourner”.
What does inéluctable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ineluctable; inevitable, unescapable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie quelque chose qui est inévitable, fatal et qu’aucune force ne saurait détourner.
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 inéluctable
- inéluctables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inéluctable?
- /i.ne.lyk.tabl/
- \i.ne.lyk.tabl\
- [i.ne.lyk.tabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inéluctable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inéluctable in French?
inéluctable appears 2.1 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).