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inextinguível

Portuguese, adjective

inextinguível is spelled I-N-E-X-T-I-N-G-U-Í-V-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inextinguível is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “inextinguishable (incapable of being extinguished)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, inextingüível is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, inextingùível is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of inextinguível”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não pode ser alvo de extinção”.

What does inextinguível mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineinextinguishable (incapable of being extinguished)

adjective

as inextingüível
  1. 1

    femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of inextinguível; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling

adjective

as inextingùível
  1. 1

    femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of inextinguível

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que não pode ser alvo de extinção 2. que não se consegue destruir 3. que não pode ser dominado; inexterminável

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of inextinguível

  • inextinguíveis plural
  • inextingüível alternative
  • inextingùível alternative
  • inextingüíveis plural
  • inextingùíveis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to inextinguível

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

How common is inextinguível in Portuguese?

inextinguível appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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