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irréversible

French, adjective/i.ʁe.vɛʁ.sibl/

irréversible is a French adjective meaning “irreversible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne peut pas être annulé, pour lequel on ne peut pas revenir en arrière”.

What does irréversible mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    irreversible

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 pas être annulé, pour lequel on ne peut pas revenir en arrière.

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 irréversible

  • irréversibles plural

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

How do you pronounce irréversible?

  • /i.ʁe.vɛʁ.sibl/
  • \i.ʁe.vɛʁ.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 irréversible

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

How common is irréversible in French?

irréversible appears 2.1 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).