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invariable

noun

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L322703 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

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L337870 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bl̩/ / /ɪnˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩/ / /ɪnˈvɛɚbl̩/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English variable English invariable From in- + variable.

  1. Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.

    Physical laws which are invariable.

    “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.

  2. Constant.
  3. That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.

    The French adjective marron ‘brown’ is invariable: it does not take the usual s in the plural.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English variable English invariable From in- + variable.

  1. Something that does not vary; a constant.