interminable
French, adjective/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.nabl/
interminable is spelled I-N-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-B-L-E (12 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interminable is a French adjective meaning “unending, endless, ceaseless, never-ending” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne peut être terminé”.
What does interminable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unending, endless, ceaseless, never-ending
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 terminé 2. Qui dure très longtemps.
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 interminable
- interminables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interminable?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.nabl/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.nabl\
- [ɛ̃.tɛʁ.mi.nabl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interminable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interminable in French?
interminable appears 3.0 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).