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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

incompatível

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ĩkõpɐˈtʃivɛl

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Incompatible/ɪnˈkɒmpətəbl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Esses dois sistemas são incompatíveis."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not able to exist or work together without conflict.

    "The two software programs are incompatible, causing frequent crashes."
  2. 2

    Not suitable for use together.

    "Their lifestyles were incompatible, leading to frequent arguments."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'incompatibilis', combining the negative prefix 'in-' (not) with 'compati' (to suffer with, or tolerate). Emerging in the late 16th century, the term originally described church benefices that could not be held together, gradually shifting to describe elements, substances, or personalities that cannot exist or work harmoniously side by side.

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