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English

Etymology
From L. inevitabilis "unavoidable" (prefix|in|evitabilis).

Pronunciation
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Adjective
inevitable
comes from the Latin word vitare- to avoid

1. impossible to avoid or prevent

#* We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable

1. predictable, or always happening

#* My outburst met with the inevitable punishment

Translations
trans-top|impossible to avoid or prevent
Chinese: ����
Czech: nevyhnutelný m
Dutch: onvermijdelijk, onafwendbaar
Estonian: vältimatu
Finnish: väistämätön, vääjäämätön
German: unvermeidlich, unabwendbar
trans-mid
Italian: inevitabile f m
Korean: �� � ��
Slovak: neodvratný
Spanish: t-|es|inevitable
Swedish: oundviklig
trans-bottom

trans-top|predictable, or always happening
Dutch: voorspelbaar
Finnish: ennalta arvattava
German: zwangsläufig
trans-mid
Italian: inevitabile f m
trans-bottom

Spanish

Adjective
es-adj

1. #English|inevitable (unable to be avoided)

Related terms
inevitablemente

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• 2007-12-11 20:22 - 195.222.21.19 - /* Translations */, added Estonian

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