Indeclinable Definition

ĭndĭ-klīnə-bəl
adjective
Not declinable; having no case inflections.
Webster's New World
Of or being a word that lacks grammatical inflection though belonging to a form class whose members are usually inflected.
American Heritage
The definition of indeclinable is a grammar term that is a word that must be determined from its context because it does not have anything added to show a grammatical category such as tense, gender, mood or number.
An example of an indeclinable word is the word "must" or the word "coffee."
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noun
(grammar) A word that is not grammatically inflected.
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Other Word Forms of Indeclinable

Noun

Singular:
indeclinable
Plural:
indeclinables

Origin of Indeclinable

  • From French indéclinable, from Middle French, from Latin indeclinabilis. See in- not, and decline.

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