French word

irrémédiablement

Pronunciation

IPA/iʁemedjabləmɑ̃/

Meaning

  • adverbirretrievably

Example

Le fichier est irrémédiablement perdu.

The file is irretrievably lost.

Illustration for irrémédiablement (irretrievably)

More examples

La lettre a été irrémédiablement déchirée.

The letter was irreparably torn.

Core concept

A one-way break that leaves no path back to the earlier state.

Similar words

définitivement: In a way that is settled forever and cannot be reversed.
pour de bon: Once and for all, with no possibility of returning to how things were.

Definition in French

D'une manière telle qu'on ne peut pas réparer, corriger ou ramener à l'état antérieur; sans possibilité de remède.

Word origin

Irrémédiablement combines irrémédiable, from Latin roots meaning 'not curable', with the adverbial suffix -ment.

Usage tips

  • Irrémédiablement is stronger than définitivement because it states that repair or reversal is impossible, not merely that something is final.

Other meanings

  • irrevocablyadverb

Related words

  • irrémédiableirreparableadjective

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