inalienable

Pronunciation: /ɪˈneɪ.lɪ.ə.nə.bəl/

The English word “inalienable” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

Not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another.
Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts, regarding permanence.

Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”), equivalent to in- + alienable.

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