unbridgeable

English

Alternative forms

• unbridgable

Etymology

Etymology tree

English un-

English bridge

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English unbridgeable

From un- + bridge + -able.

Adjective

unbridgeable (comparative more unbridgeable, superlative most unbridgeable)

1. Unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span.
   • 1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana:

     The gap between feather-assisted running and feather-assisted flying seemed evolutionarily unbridgeable. But now again the notion of ground-travel aerodynamics is being given some careful thought.

Derived terms

• unbridgeableness
• unbridgeably

Translations

unable to be bridged

• Dutch: onoverbrugbaar (nl)
• German: unüberbrückbar (de), unüberwindlich (de)
• Greek: αγεφύρωτος (el) (agefýrotos)
• Spanish: inconciliable (es)
• Swedish: oöverbryggbar, oöverbrygglig