inviolable
French, adjective/ɛ̃.vjɔ.labl/
inviolable is spelled I-N-V-I-O-L-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inviolable is a French adjective meaning “inviolable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Que l’on ne peut profaner ou pénétrer (en parlant d’un lieu, d’un monument, etc.)”.
What does inviolable mean in English?
adjective
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inviolable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que l’on ne peut profaner ou pénétrer (en parlant d’un lieu, d’un monument, etc.). 2. Qu’on ne doit jamais violer, auquel on ne doit jamais attenter. 3. Qu’il est impossible de violer (au sens sexuel).
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 inviolable
- inviolables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inviolable?
- /ɛ̃.vjɔ.labl/
- \ɛ̃.vjɔ.labl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inviolable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inviolable in French?
inviolable appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).