indefinite

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Etimologija

From Late Latin indēfīnītus.

Morphologically in- +‎ definite.

Izgovor

• MFA^(ključ): /ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/

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• Hifenacija: in‧def‧i‧nite

Pridev

indefinite (comparative more indefinite, superlative most indefinite)

1. Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.

   Your accout will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.

2. Vague or unclear.

   She gave an indefinite answer which nobody really understood.

3. Undecided or uncertain.

   I'm still indefinite about what I'm going to study at college.

4. (mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits.

   Don't forget to add the +C when calculating indefinite integrals.

5. (linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things

   the indefinite article

Synonyms

• (without limit): unlimited, unrestricted
• (vague or unclear): hazy; see also Thesaurus:indistinct or Thesaurus:vague
• (undecided or uncertain): indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive, unsure
• (an integral without specified limits):
• (designating an unspecified thing):

Derived terms

• indef
• indefinite adjective
• indefinite article
• indefinite call sign
• indefinite integral
• indefinitely
• indefiniteness
• indefinite pronoun

 

Related terms

• indeterminate

Translations

without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite

• Bulgarian: neograničen (bg) (neograničen)
• Catalan: indefinit (ca)
• Czech: neurčitý
• Danish: ubestemt (da)
• Finnish: epämääräinen (fi), ääretön (fi), määrittelemätön (fi)
• German: unbegrenzt (de), unbestimmt (de)
• Greek: αόριστος (el) m (aóristos), ακαθόριστος (el) m (akathóristos)
• Hungarian: határozatlan (hu), korlátlan (hu)
• Italian: indefinito (it)
• Latin: indēfīnītus
• Occitan: indefinit (oc)
• Polish: nieokreślony (pl) m, nieograniczony (pl) m, bezterminowy (pl)
• Romansch: indefinit
• Russian: neograníčennый (ru) (neograníčennyj), beskonéčnый (ru) (beskonéčnyj), bezgraníčnый (ru) (bezgraníčnyj)
• Swedish: obestämd (sv)
• Tagalog: dituring

vague or unclear

• Bulgarian: neяsen (bg) (nejasen)
• Catalan: indefinit (ca)
• Czech: neurčitý
• Danish: uklar
• Finnish: epämääräinen (fi), ylimalkainen (fi)
• German: vage (de), unklar (de)
• Greek: αόριστος (el) m (aóristos)
• Hungarian: bizonytalan (hu)
• Italian: indefinito (it)
• Navajo: haashį́į́
• Plautdietsch: onbestemt
• Polish: nieokreślony (pl) m, niewyraźny (pl) m
• Russian: neopredelёnnый (ru) (neopredeljónnyj), neя́snый (ru) (nejásnyj)
• Swedish: oklar (sv)

undecided or uncertain

• Bulgarian: neopredelen (bg) (neopredelen)
• Catalan: indefinit (ca)
• Danish: ubestemt (da)
• Finnish: epämääräinen (fi), epävarma (fi)
• German: unentschieden (de), unsicher (de)
• Greek: ακαθόριστος (el) m (akathóristos)
• Hungarian: bizonytalan (hu)
• Italian: indefinito (it)
• Latvian: nenoteikts
• Navajo: haashį́į́
• Russian: neopredelёnnый (ru) (neopredeljónnyj)
• Swedish: obestämd (sv)

an integral without specified limits

• Bulgarian: neopredelen (bg) (neopredelen)
• Catalan: indefinit (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不定 (zh)

• Czech: neurčitý
• Danish: ubestemt (da)
• Finnish: määrittelemätön (fi)
• German: unbestimmt (de)
• Hungarian: határozatlan (hu)
• Japanese: 不定 (ja) (futei)
• Polish: nieoznaczona f
• Russian: neopredelёnnый (ru) (neopredeljónnyj)
• Swedish: obestämd (sv)

(linguistics) designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing

• Arabic: نَكِرَة f (nakira)
• Bulgarian: neopredelitelen (neopredelitelen)
• Catalan: indefinit (ca)
• Danish: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• German: unbestimmt (de)
• Hungarian: határozatlan (hu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: neodređen

  Roman: neodređen (sh)

• Spanish: indefinido (es)
• Swedish: obestämd (sv)

Imenica

indefinite (plural indefinites)

1. (grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.

Italijanski

Pridev

indefinite f pl

1. feminine plural of indefinito

Latinski

Pridev

indēfīnīte

1. vocative masculine singular of indēfīnītus

References

• “indefinite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indefinite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette