indelible

(ĭn-dĕl'ə-bəl)
adj.

1. Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent: indelible ink.
2. Making a mark not easily erased or washed away: an indelible pen for labeling clothing.
3. Unable to be forgotten; memorable: an indelible memory.

[Alteration of earlier indeleble, from Latin indēlēbilis : in-, not; see in-¹ + dēlēbilis, capable of being effaced (from dēlēre, to wipe out).]

indelibility in·del'i·bil'i·ty or in·del'i·ble·ness n.
indelibly in·del'i·bly adv.

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adjective

Permanently resistive to fading: colorfast, fast. See continue/stop/pause.

adj

Definition: indestructible
Antonyms: delible, destructible, erasable, impermanent

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uudslettelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onuitwisbaar

Français (French)
adj. - indélébile

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unauslöschlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεξίτηλος, ανεξάλειπτος

Italiano (Italian)
indelebile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - indelével

Русский (Russian)
нестираемый, неизгладимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indeleble, imborrable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - outplånlig (äv. bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不能消除的, 难忘的, 不能拭除的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不能消除的, 難忘的, 不能拭除的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지울 수 없는, 지워지지 않는, 씻을 수 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぬぐい取れない, 消すことのできない, 忘れられない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير قابل للمحو أو الإزاله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שאי אפשר למחקו, שאי אפשר לסלקו‬

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