# incompatible
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French incompatible.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/, /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: in‧com‧pat‧i‧ble

### Adjective

incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)
* Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.
    Synonym: irreconcilable
    My phone is incompatible with the latest version of this app.
** 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LXXXIII”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC:Courts of equity are in many instances so nice and intricate, that they are incompatible with the genius of trials by jury.
** 2019 February 27, Jeremy Pelzer, “Green Party presidential hopeful says he was fired as rabbi because of Israel criticism”, in cleveland.com‎:After the story was published, Hunter stated that the temple's executive committee informed him that such statements were incompatible with being a rabbi.
* (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

#### Antonyms

* compatible

#### Hyponyms

* backward-incompatible

#### Derived terms

* incompatibility
* incompatible with life
* incompatibly

#### See also

* antagonistic
* antipodal
* contrastive
* incombinable
* uncombinable
* ununifiable

### Noun

incompatible (plural incompatibles)
* (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
    the incompatibles of iron
* (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
** 2004, Boethius, translated by Eleonore Stump, In Ciceronis Topica:Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.

## Catalan
### Etymology

From in- +‎ compatible.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
* incompatible
    Antonym: compatible

#### Derived terms

* incompatibilitat
* incompatiblement

#### Further reading

* “incompatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Adjective

incompatible (plural incompatibles)
* incompatible
    Antonym: compatible

#### Derived terms

* incompatibilité
* incompatiblement

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* incompatíbel

### Adjective

incompatible m or f (plural incompatibles)
* incompatible
    Antonyms: compatible, compatíbel

#### Related terms

* incompatibilidade

#### Further reading

* “incompatible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Adjective

incompatible m (feminine singular incompatibla, masculine plural incompatibles, feminine plural incompatiblas)
* incompatible
    Antonym: compatible

#### Derived terms

* incompatibilitat

### 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inkompaˈtible/ [ĩŋ.kõm.paˈt̪i.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -ible
* Syllabification: in‧com‧pa‧ti‧ble

### Adjective

incompatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)
* incompatible
    Synonym: malavenido
    Antonym: compatible

#### Related terms

* incompatibilidad

#### Further reading

* “incompatible”, 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