incredible
English
/ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/, /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/
adj
Definitions
- (literal) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.
- (figurative) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- (figurative) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incrēdibilis (that cannot be believed) root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- (heart).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerd-
Gloss
heart
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
心
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cardiac English
- cardiogram English
- cardiology English
- cordially English
- credential English
- creditable English
- incredibleness English
- incredibly English
- concordia Latin
- credibilis Latin
- creditum Latin
- credulus Latin
- crēdibilis Latin
- crēditor Latin
- crēditum Latin
- crēdulitās Latin
- crēdulus Latin
- crēdēns Latin
- crēdō Latin
- discordāre Latin
- discredo Latin
- incrēdibilis Latin
- recordārī Latin
- cardiocinetico Italian
- incredibile Italian
- середина Russian
- increíble Spanish, Castilian
- καρδία Ancient Greek
- *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred dʰeh₁-, *ḱréddʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred-dʰh₁-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥d- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥d-, *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European
- incrível Portuguese
- *hertô Proto-Germanic
- hjärta Swedish
- ellen Old English
- श्रद्धा Sanskrit
- cordial Middle English
- hjarta Old Norse
- record Old French
- ingkre Cebuano
- *śerd- Proto-Balto-Slavic