Etymology 1
From in- + valid.
Adjective
invalid (comparative more invalid, superlative most invalid)
- Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning.
This invalid contract cannot be legally enforced.
Translations
not valid
- Armenian: անվավեր (hy) (anvaver)
- Belarusian: нядзе́йсны (njadzjéjsny), несапра́ўдны (njesapráŭdny)
- Bulgarian: невали́ден (bg) (nevalíden), недействи́телен (bg) (nedejstvítelen)
- Catalan: invàlid
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 無效/无效 (zh) (wúxiào)
- Czech: neplatný (cs)
- Danish: ugyldig (da)
- Dutch: ongeldig (nl)
- Faroese: ógildigur
- Finnish: epäkelpo (fi), kelvoton (fi), virheellinen (fi), pätemätön (fi)
- French: invalide (fr)
- Galician: inválido
- German: ungültig (de)
- Greek: άκυρος (el) (ákyros)
- Hungarian: érvénytelen (hu)
- Icelandic: ógildur
- Italian: irrito (it), invalido (it)
- Japanese: 無効な (ja) (むこうな, mukō na)
- Korean: 무효하다 (muhyohada), 무효(無效) (ko) (muhyo)
- Latin: irritus
- Macedonian: неважечки (nevažečki)
- Malayalam: അസാധു (ml) (asādhu)
- Maori: manakore, koremana
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ugyldig (no)
- Nynorsk: ugyldig
- Plautdietsch: onjeltich
- Polish: nieważny (pl), nieprawidłowy (pl), nieaktualny (pl)
- Portuguese: inválido (pt)
- Romanian: nevalid, invalid (ro)
- Russian: недействи́тельный (ru) (nedejstvítelʹnyj)
- Slovak: neplatný
- Spanish: inválido (es)
- Swedish: ogiltig (sv), ogill (sv)
- Thai: โมฆะ (moo-ká)
- Turkish: geçersiz (tr)
- Ukrainian: неді́йсний (nedíjsnyj), недійови́й (nedijovýj)
- Welsh: annilys (cy)
- West Frisian: ûnjildich
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Etymology 2
From Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”).
Noun
invalid (plural invalids)
- (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
- (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.
- (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
Usage notes
In recent decades, the use of this word to label persons with disabilities gives the impression of invalidation, hence its offensiveness.
Translations
person with a handicap or disability
- Belarusian: інвалі́д m (invalíd), інвалі́дка f (invalídka)
- Bulgarian: инвали́д (bg) m (invalíd)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 傷殘人/伤残人 (shāngcánrén)
- Dutch: invalide (nl) m or f, gehandicapte (nl) m or f
- Finnish: invalidi (fi), työkyvytön henkilö
- French: invalide (fr) m or f
- German: Invalide (de) m or f, Invalidin (de) f
- Greek: ανάπηρος (el) m (anápiros)
- Hungarian: rokkant (hu)
- Italian: invalido (it) m, invalida (it) f
- Japanese: 障害者 (ja) (しょうがいしゃ, shōgaisha)
- Korean: 장애인(障礙人) (ko) (jang'aein)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: inwalida (pl) m, inwalidka f
- Portuguese: inválido (pt) m, inválida (pt) f
- Russian: инвали́д (ru) m (invalíd), инвали́дка (ru) f (invalídka)
- Spanish: inválido (es) m, inválida (es) f
- Swahili: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: handikappad (sv) c, invalid (sv) c
- Ukrainian: інвалі́д m (invalíd), інвалі́дка f (invalídka)
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sick person
- Armenian: հաշմանդամ (hy) (hašmandam), ինվալիդ (hy) (invalid)
- Belarusian: інвалі́д m (invalíd), інвалі́дка f (invalídka)
- Bulgarian: инвали́д (bg) m (invalíd)
- Dutch: bedlegerige (nl) m or f, zieke (nl) m or f, invalide (nl) m or f
- Finnish: työkyvytön henkilö
- French: invalide (fr)
- German: Bettlägriger m, Schwerkranker (de) m
- Japanese: 障害者 (ja) (しょうがいしゃ, shōgaisha), 廃人 (ja) (はいじん, haijin) (derogatory)
- Korean: 장애인(障礙人) (ko) (jang'aein)
- Latin: aeger (la) m
- Malay: pesakit (ms)
- Maori: tūroro, oke, hāura
- Polish: inwalida (pl) m, inwalidka f
- Portuguese: inválido (pt) m
- Russian: инвали́д (ru) m (invalíd), инвали́дка (ru) f (invalídka)
- Spanish: inválido (es) m
- Swahili: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: invalid (sv)
- Turkish: hasta (tr), yatalak (tr)
- Ukrainian: інвалі́д m (invalíd), інвалі́дка f (invalídka)
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Adjective
invalid (not comparable)
- Suffering from disability or illness.
2000, Diane Price Herndl, Invalid Women: Figuring Feminine Illness in American Fiction and Culture, 1840-1940, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 1:Invalidism therefore referred to a lack of power as well as a tendency toward illness. It is for this reason that I choose to discuss the invalid woman rather than just the ill one.
- Intended for use by an invalid.
Verb
invalid (third-person singular simple present invalids, present participle invaliding, simple past and past participle invalided)
- (British, transitive) To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health.
He was invalided home after the car crash.
1989, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, “Goodbyeee”, in Blackadder Goes Forth:Blackadder: Right, Baldrick, this is an old trick I picked up in the Sudan. We tell HQ that I’ve gone insane, and I’ll be invalided back to Blighty before you can say "wibble" — a poor, gormless idiot.
2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 26:33 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any worse..., archived from the original on 4 December 2022:The Japanese armored cruiser Nisshin has been hit badly. Shells have sheared off several main guns and virtually disarmed the vessel. In the middle of all this, one Ensign Isoroku Yamamoto loses two fingers to the remains of an explosion. If he'd lost a third, he would've been invalided out of military service. Thus, by the retention of a single digit would there be rather large consequences a few decades later on down the line.
- (transitive) To make invalid or affect with disease.
Adjective
invalid (strong nominative masculine singular invalider, not comparable)
- invalid ((permanently) incapable of working, serving in the military etc. due to disability and/or illness)
- Hyponyms: arbeitsunfähig, berufsunfähig, dienstunfähig, erwerbsunfähig
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Positive forms of invalid (uncomparable)
Further reading
- “invalid” in Duden online
- “invalide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪnˈvalɪt]
- Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid
Noun
invalid m (plural invalizi, feminine equivalent invalidă)
- cripple, disabled person
- Synonyms: infirm, schilod
Declension
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indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
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(un) invalid |
invalidul |
(niște) invalizi |
invalizii |
genitive/dative |
(unui) invalid |
invalidului |
(unor) invalizi |
invalizilor |
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invalidule |
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inʋǎliːd/
- Hyphenation: in‧va‧lid
Noun
invàlīd m (Cyrillic spelling инва̀лӣд)
- invalid
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