French word

irrécupérable

Pronunciation

IPA/iʁekypeʁabl/

Meaning

  • adjectiveirretrievable

Example

C'est irrécupérable.

It's irretrievable.

Illustration for irrécupérable (irretrievable)

More examples

Le fichier est irrécupérable après la panne.

The file is irrecoverable after the breakdown.

Core concept

A lost or damaged thing permanently out of reach of recovery or repair.

Common phrases

  • perte irrécupérable

    irrecoverable loss

  • erreur irrécupérable

    irrecoverable error

  • donnée irrécupérable

    unrecoverable data

Similar words

irréparable: Too damaged or defective to be repaired.
irrémédiable: Beyond recovery or improvement despite every possible remedy.
irréversible: Involving a change that cannot be reversed.
perdu: Lost or missing and not yet found.

Definition in French

Qui ne peut plus être récupéré ni restauré.

Word origin

The adjective is built from récupérer, which comes from Latin recuperare, with -able meaning possible and ir- marking impossibility before r.

Usage tips

  • Applied to an opportunity or relationship, irrécupérable sounds categorical because it presents recovery as impossible, not merely difficult.

Other meanings

  • irreparableadjective

Opposites

  • récupérablerecoverableadjective
  • réparablerepairableadjective

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