Incompréhensibles (en. Incomprehensible)

/ɛ̃.kɔ.m.pʁe.ɑ̃.sibl/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

adjective

Difficult to understand.

The teacher's explanations were incomprehensible to the students.

Les explications de l'enseignant étaient incompréhensibles pour les élèves.

Which eludes understanding.

His reactions are often incomprehensible.

Ses réactions sont souvent incompréhensibles.

Absurd or obscure.

This text is so incomprehensible that even the experts are lost.

Ce texte est tellement incompréhensible que même les experts sont perdus.

Comes from the French 'in-' (negation) and 'comprehendere' (to understand).

incomprehensible in speech

Difficult to grasp during a conversation.

incompréhensible à l'oral

an incomprehensible discourse

A discourse that cannot be followed or understood.

un discours incompréhensible

an incomprehensible situation

A situation that raises questions and seems illogical.

une situation incompréhensible

understandable

Which can be understood.

compréhensible

to understand

Grasping the sense or meaning of something.

comprendre

lack of understanding

State of not understanding.

incompréhension

In white elephant mode

It's like trying to read a manual in Chinese, it's in white elephant mode.

C'est comme essayer de lire un manuel en chinois, c'est en mode éléphant blanc.

It's gobbledygook

All these legal terms, it's gobbledygook.

Tous ces termes juridiques, c'est du charabia.