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nounadjective

l’inévitable

inevitable

Definition & meaning

Inévitable means inevitable or unavoidable: something that cannot be prevented or escaped.

  • Une conséquence inévitable — an inevitable consequence.
  • La rencontre était inévitable. — The encounter was unavoidable.

Grammar & Word origin

An adjective with the same form in the masculine and feminine singular: un résultat inévitable, une erreur inévitable. The plural is inévitables.

It comes from Latin inevitabilis, formed from a negative prefix and a word meaning “avoidable.”

Synonyms & antonyms

  • Synonyms: inéluctable emphasizes that something cannot be resisted or escaped; immanquable suggests that something is certain to happen.
  • Antonyms: évitable means “avoidable”; incertain means “uncertain,” without necessarily implying that the event can be prevented.

Common phrases & collocations

  • conséquence inévitable — inevitable consequence
  • l’inévitable — the inevitable, used as a noun, as in retarder l’inévitable (“to delay the inevitable”)

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Examples

Je pense que la pluie est inévitable.adjective

I think that the rain is inevitable.

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