Incomprehensible (en. Incomprehensible)

/ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

adjective

Difficult to understand because of its complexity.

Advanced mathematics can sometimes seem incomprehensible.

Les mathématiques avancées peuvent parfois sembler incompréhensibles.

That escapes logical or rational understanding.

His behavior was incomprehensible to his friends.

Son comportement était incompréhensible pour ses amis.

Unclear or obscure to the point of not being grasped.

The message he left was completely incomprehensible.

Le message qu'il a laissé était complètement incompréhensible.

From the Latin 'incomprehensibilis', from 'in-' (negation) and 'comprehensibilis' (comprehensible).

it's incomprehensible

This cannot be understood.

c'est incompréhensible

an incomprehensible text

A text that cannot be understood.

un texte incompréhensible

an incomprehensible situation

A situation that defies logic.

une situation incompréhensible

understandable

That can be understood.

compréhensible

incomprehension

Lack of understanding.

incompréhension

to understand

To grasp the meaning of something.

comprendre

It's gibberish.

What he said is gibberish, it's so incomprehensible.

Ce qu'il a dit, c'est du charabia, tellement c'est incompréhensible.

It's jargon.

All this jargon used in this report is incomprehensible.

Tout ce jargon utilisé dans ce rapport est incompréhensible.