English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] in- surmountable
Pronunciation [ edit ] Audio (Mid-Atlantic) (file )
Adjective [ edit ] insurmountable (comparative more insurmountable , superlative most insurmountable )
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted , or overcome ; insuperable
Synonym: ( archaic and rare ) unsurmountable Antonym: surmountable Getting everybody to agree proved to be an insurmountable difficulty.
2023 January 24, Justin McCurry, “Japan PM’s solution to dire birthrate has already been rejected by young”, in The Guardian [1] Overcoming Japan’s demographic crisis has proved insurmountable for occupants of the Kantei – the prime minister’s office – long before Kishida moved in last autumn.
Translations [ edit ] incapable of being passed over
Belarusian: неадо́льны ( njeadólʹny ) , непераадо́льны ( njepjeraadólʹny )
Bulgarian: непреодоли́м (bg) ( nepreodolím )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無法 克服 的／ 无法 克服 的( wúfǎ kèfú de )
Czech: nepřekonatelný (cs)
Dutch: onoverkomelijk (nl)
Finnish: ylipääsemätön ylitsepääsemätön (fi)
French: insurmontable (fr) , infranchissable (fr) , impassable (fr)
German: unüberwindlich (de) , unüberwindbar (de)
Greek: ανυπέρβλητος (el) ( anypérvlitos ) , αξεπέραστος (el) ( axepérastos )
Hungarian: leküzdhetetlen (hu) , legyőzhetetlen (hu) , áthághatatlan (hu) , áthidalhatatlan (hu)
Irish: dochloíte dosháraithe
Latin: inēluctābilis insuperābilis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uoverstigelig
Nynorsk: uoverstigeleg
Polish: nieprzezwyciężony nie do pokonania
Portuguese: insuperável inexorável (pt)
Romanian: insurmontabil (ro)
Russian: непреодоли́мый (ru) ( nepreodolímyj ) , неодоли́мый (ru) ( neodolímyj )
Slovene: nepremostljiv nepremagljiv (sl)
Spanish: insalvable insuperable
Swedish: oöverstiglig (sv)
Turkish: aşılamaz
Ukrainian: неперебо́рний ( neperebórnyj ) , непобо́рний ( nepobórnyj ) , непобори́мий ( nepoborýmyj ) , незбори́мий ( nezborýmyj ) , незбо́рний ( nezbórnyj ) , нездола́нний ( nezdolánnyj ) , неперемо́жний ( neperemóžnyj )