English

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Alternative spellings
inpossible (obsolete)

Etymology
From French #French|impossible, from Latin impossibilis, from in- �not� + possibilis �possible�, from posse#Latin|posse �to be able� + suffix -ibilis �-able�.

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/ɪm�p�s�bl/
(General American|US) IPA|/ɪm�p�s�bl/
audio|en-us-impossible.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: im·pos·si·ble

Adjective
en-adj

1. Not possible, not able to be done

#:Nothing is impossible, only impassible. --w:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

1. colloquial Of a person, very difficult to deal with.

#:You never listen to a word I say - you're impossible!

Translations
trans-top|not possible
Czech: nemožný m
Dutch: onmogelijk
Esperanto: neebla
Finnish: mahdoton
French: impossible
German: unmöglich
Hindi: �सम�भव (asambhav), नाम�म�िन (n�mumkin), �नह�न� (anhonī)
Icelandic: ómögulegur
Interlingua: impossibile
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Italian: impossibile
Lithuanian: neįmanoma
Portuguese: impossível
Romanian: imposibil
Romansch: nunpussaivel
Slovene: nemogo� m, nemogo�a f, nemogo�e n
Spanish: imposible
Swedish: omöjlig
Urdu: URchar|اس�بھ� (asambhav), URchar|�ا��ک� (n�mumkin), URchar|ا� ���� (an honī)
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trans-top|very difficult to deal with
Czech: nemožný m
Finnish: mahdoton, kauhea, kamala
French: insupportable, impossible
Italian: insopportabile, impossibile
Interlingua: insupportabile
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Slovene: nemogo� m, nemogo�a f, nemogo�e n
Spanish: insoportable
Swedish: omöjlig
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Related terms
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impossibility
impossibly
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possible
possibility

Noun
en-noun

1. An impossibility.

#*Late C14: �Madame,� quod he, �this were an inpossible!� � Geoffrey Chaucer, �The Franklin's Tale�, Canterbury Tales

1. uncountable (with definite article) unachievable.

#:Time travel, so far as we know is impossible!

Translations

Italian: impossibile m (2)
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ja:impossible
fi:impossible
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vi:impossible
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