irrealizable

English

Adjective

irrealizable (not comparable)

1. Synonym of unrealizable.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish in-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālislbor.

Spanish real

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōlbor.

Old Spanish -izar

Spanish -izar

Spanish realizar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish realizable

Spanish irrealizable

From in- + realizable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /irealiˈθable/ [i.re.a.liˈθa.β̞le] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /irealiˈsable/ [i.re.a.liˈsa.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: i‧rre‧a‧li‧za‧ble

Adjective

irrealizable m or f (masculine and feminine plural irrealizables)

1. unrealizable

   Antonym: realizable

   • 2015 September 22, “Madrid y Cataluña absorben el 88% de la inversión extranjera en 2015”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Y agregó: “Los inversores consideran que el escenario secesionista de independencia es irrealizable desde el punto de vista de la legalidad”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “irrealizable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025