indiscernible

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ discern +‎ -ible.

Adjective

indiscernible (not comparable)

1. Not capable of being discerned or perceived.
   • 1919, Sax Rohmer, chapter 28, in Dope:

     The details of the room were indiscernible, lost in yellowish shadow.

2. Not capable of being distinguished from something else.

Derived terms

• indiscernibleness
• indiscernibility
• indiscernibly

Translations

Not capable of being discerned

Bulgarian: неразличим (bg) (nerazličim), неотличим (neotličim) French: indiscernable (fr) Irish: dofheicthe (to the eye) Spanish: indiscernible

Noun

indiscernible (plural indiscernibles)

1. (chiefly philosophy) Something which is incapable of being discerned.

Derived terms

• identity of indiscernibles

Spanish

Adjective

indiscernible m or f (masculine and feminine plural indiscernibles)

1. indiscernible

Further reading

• “indiscernible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10