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inévitable

French, adjective/i.ne.vi.tabl/

inévitable is spelled I-N-É-V-I-T-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inévitable is a French adjective meaning “inevitable; unavoidable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qu’on ne peut éviter”.

What does inévitable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    inevitable; unavoidable

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 éviter. 2. Que l’on rencontre trop souvent.

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 inévitable

  • inévitables plural

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

How do you pronounce inévitable?

  • /i.ne.vi.tabl/
  • \i.ne.vi.tabl\
  • [i.ne.vi.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 inévitable

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

How common is inévitable in French?

inévitable appears 8.1 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).

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