inextensible
French, adjective/i.nɛk.stɑ̃.sibl/
inextensible is spelled I-N-E-X-T-E-N-S-I-B-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written French, the 264,399th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inextensible is a French adjective meaning “inextensible (not capable of being extended)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne peut être étendu”.
What does inextensible mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inextensible (not capable of being extended)
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 étendu.
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 inextensible
- inextensibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inextensible?
- /i.nɛk.stɑ̃.sibl/
- \i.nɛks.tɑ̃.sibl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inextensible in French?
inextensible appears about once in every 71 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).