impregnable

Meaning

1. Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.
2. (figuratively) Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible.

Opposite of

pregnable, unimpregnable, conquerable, defeatable, vincible

Synonyms

unassailable

invulnerable

invincible

strong

unconquerable

inexpugnable

conceptive

untouchable

secure

unattackable

inviolable

impenetrable

insurmountable

potent

productive

solid

steadfast

unbeatable

undeviating

unfailing

unshakable

unwavering

-proof

unbeatale

childbearing

unconuerable

defense

fecund

fertile

firm

forbidding

fruitful

generative

inaccessible

indisputable

indomitable

insuperable

Translations

imprenable

inespugnabile

inexpugnable

inexpugnable

απόρθητος

uneinnehmbar

unbezwinglich

imprendibile

inexpugnável

inexpugnabilis

unüberwindlich

onneembaar

oninneembaar

unangreifbar

inattaccabile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈpɹɛɡ.nəˌb(ə)l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: imprenable

Cognate with French: imprenable

In summary

From Late Middle English imprenable, impregnable (“impossible to capture, impregnable”), from Old French imprenable (modern French imprenable (“impregnable”)), from im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + prenable (“(military) of a building, position, etc.: takable”) (from prendre (“to take”) + -able (suffix meaning ‘creating an effect or influence’)). Prendre is derived from Latin prēndere, present active infinitive of prēndō, a variant of prehendō (“to catch, lay hold of; to grasp; to grab, snatch; to seize, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize, take”). The intrusive g in the English word was modelled after words like deign and reign.