insubmersible
French, adjective/ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl/
insubmersible is spelled I-N-S-U-B-M-E-R-S-I-B-L-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insubmersible is a French adjective meaning “unsinkable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas susceptible d’être submergé”.
What does insubmersible mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unsinkable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas susceptible d’être submergé. 2. Qui résiste à tout ; à qui tout réussit.
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 insubmersible
- insubmersibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insubmersible?
- /ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl/
- \ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl\
- [ɛ̃.syb.mɛʁ.sibl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insubmersible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insubmersible in French?
insubmersible appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).