# incomparable
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. Equivalent to in- +‎ comparable.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/, /ɪŋkəmˈpærəbəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ɪŋˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbəl/, /ɪŋkəmˈpɛɹəbəl/

### Adjective

incomparable (comparative more incomparable, superlative most incomparable)
* Not comparable.
    Synonyms: noncomparable, uncomparable
    Antonym: comparable
* So much better than another as to be beyond comparison.
    Synonyms: matchless, unsurpassed
** c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, edited by Robert Baldwin Ross, De Profundis, published 1909, page 112:I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

#### Usage notes

* Using more or most with incomparable, though often disapproved of, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread.
* Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as so and very.

#### Derived terms

* incomparability
* incomparably

#### See also

* priceless

### Noun

incomparable (plural incomparables)
* Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.

### Further reading

* “incomparable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “incomparable”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “incomparable”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* “incomparable”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* incomparable, uncomparable, noncomparable at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incomparābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [iŋ.kum.pəˈɾab.blə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [iŋ.kom.pəˈɾab.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iŋ.kom.paˈɾa.ble]

### Adjective

incomparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incomparables)
* uncomparable, incomparable
    Antonym: comparable

#### Derived terms

* incomparablement

### Further reading

* “incomparable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “incomparable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “incomparable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “incomparable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From Latin incomparābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pa.ʁabl/

### Adjective

incomparable (plural incomparables)
* incomparable; uncomparable
    Antonym: comparable

#### Derived terms

* incomparablement

### Further reading

* “incomparable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin incomparābilis.

### Adjective

incomparable m (feminine singular incomparabla, masculine plural incomparables, feminine plural incomparablas)
* uncomparable, incomparable
    Antonym: comparable

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 560.
* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 338.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin incomparābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inkompaˈɾable/ [ĩŋ.kõm.paˈɾa.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: in‧com‧pa‧ra‧ble

### Adjective

incomparable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incomparables)
* uncomparable
    Antonym: comparable

#### Derived terms

* incomparablemente

### Further reading

* “incomparable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10