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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *ən-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti

Proto-Italic *hendō

Proto-Italic *praiɣendō

Latin prehendō

Latin comprehendō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin comprehēnsibilis

Latin incomprehēnsibilisbor.

Middle French incomprehensibleder.

English incomprehensible

From Middle French Category:English terms derived from Middle French#INCOMPREHENSIBLE incomprehensible, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#INCOMPREHENSIBLE incomprehēnsibilis. Equivalent to in- +‎ comprehensibleCategory:English terms prefixed with in-#COMPREHENSIBLE.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (UK) /ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, (UK) /ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/Category:English 6-syllable words#INCOMPREHENSIBLE Category:English 6-syllable words#INCOMPREHENSIBLE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#INCOMPREHENSIBLE
IPA^(key): (US) /ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, (US) /ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/Category:English 6-syllable words#INCOMPREHENSIBLE Category:English 6-syllable words#INCOMPREHENSIBLE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#INCOMPREHENSIBLE
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Adjective

incomprehensible (comparative more incomprehensible, superlative most incomprehensible)Category:English lemmas#INCOMPREHENSIBLE Category:English adjectives#INCOMPREHENSIBLE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#INCOMPREHENSIBLE Category:Pages with entries#INCOMPREHENSIBLE Category:Pages with 2 entries#INCOMPREHENSIBLE

Impossible or very difficult to understand.
- 1904-09, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, published 1962
  But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:
  In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.
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- 1990, Greg Bear, Heads:
  He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'
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- 2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNN‎:
  Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.
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(theology Category:en:Theology#INCOMPREHENSIBLE or literary Category:English literary terms#INCOMPREHENSIBLE) Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.
- 1969, “The Divine Liturgy of John Chrysostom: Liturgy of Offering”, in Joseph Raya, transl., edited by José de Vinck, Byzantine Daily Worship‎, Alleluia Press, page 282:
  Prayer to God the Father: It is fitting and right to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, to worship You in every place of your dominion: for You are God, beyond description, beyond understanding, invisible, incomprehensible, always existing, always the same; You and your only-begotten Son and your Holy Spirit
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