ineluctable

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French inéluctable, from Latin inēlūctābilis, from in- + ēlūctor (“struggle out”) + -bilis. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪn.ɪˈlʌk.tə.bəl/ === Adjective === ineluctable (comparative more ineluctable, superlative most ineluctable) Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:inevitable Antonym: eluctable 1655, Thomas Pierce, A Correct Copy of Some Notes concerning Gods Decrees, "A Paraenesis to the Reader," chapter 4, item 50: 1797, Alexander Shiels, A Hind Let Loose, Calton (Glasgow), page 541: 1973, Harry Mudd, Mudd's Passion (Star Trek: The Animated Series episode 10) ==== Derived terms ==== ineluctably ineluctableness ineluctability ==== Translations ==== === References === Noah Webster (1828), “ineluctable”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. “ineluctable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “ineluctable”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ineluɡˈtable/ [i.ne.luɣ̞ˈt̪a.β̞le] Rhymes: -able Syllabification: i‧ne‧luc‧ta‧ble === Adjective === ineluctable m or f (masculine and feminine plural ineluctables) ineluctable ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ineluctable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025