inconstant

English

Alternative forms

• inconstaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English inconstant, inconstante, inconstaunte, from Middle French inconstant and its etymon, Latin incōnstāns.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

inconstant (comparative more inconstant, superlative most inconstant)

1. Not constant; wavering.
2. Unfaithful to a lover.

Translations

not constant

• Bulgarian: непостоянен (bg) (nepostojanen), колеблив (bg) (kolebliv)
• Catalan: inconstant (ca)
• Finnish: muuttuva (fi), vaihteleva (fi), epävakaa (fi)
• French: volubile (fr), inconstant (fr)
• Greek: ασταθής (el) (astathís), άστατος (el) m (ástatos)
• Ido: nekonstanta (io), variema (io)
• Irish: luaineach
• Italian: incostante (it), discontinuo (it), volubile (it)
• Latin: incōnstāns, mūtābilis, miscīx, īnstabilis, lūbricus, volāticus, mōbilis (la), maritimus, flexibilis, dēvius
• Maltese: qluqi
• Manx: neuhaanagh, kirkinagh, anhickyr, anchinjagh, frittagh
• Portuguese: inconstante (pt)
• Romanian: inconstant (ro), variabil (ro), nestatornic (ro), neconstant (rare)
• Russian: непостоя́нный (ru) (nepostojánnyj), изме́нчивый (ru) (izménčivyj)

Catalan

Etymology

From in- ‎ constant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [iŋ.kunsˈtan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [iŋ.konsˈtant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

inconstant m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconstants)

1. inconstant

   Antonym: constant

Related terms

• inconstància

Further reading

• “inconstant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inconstant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “inconstant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inconstant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From in- ‎ constant.

Adjective

inconstant (feminine inconstante, masculine plural inconstants, feminine plural inconstantes)

1. inconstant

Further reading

• “inconstant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inconstant. Equivalent to in- ‎ constant.

Adjective

inconstant m or n (feminine singular inconstantă, masculine plural inconstanți, feminine and neuter plural inconstante)

1. inconstant

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	inconstant		inconstantă		inconstanți	inconstante
	definite	inconstantul		inconstanta		inconstanții	inconstantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	inconstant		inconstante		inconstanți	inconstante
	definite	inconstantului		inconstantei		inconstanților	inconstantelor