Grammatical class

Adjective

impensable

unthinkable

Details

Syllables

im-pen-sa-ble

Phonetics

ɛ̃.pɑ̃.sabl

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

16574

Freq. (movies)

9150

Freq. (news)

10943

Sentences

C'est impensable !

It's unthinkable!

A1

Il est impensable de pénétrer habillé dans un sauna.

The idea of entering a sauna wearing clothes is unthinkable.

A1

Il est impensable que tu prennes un bain de soleil, nue, sur ce balcon.

It's unthinkable that you would sunbathe, naked, on this balcony.

A1

La maladie mentale de Sami l'a poussé à commettre quelque chose d'impensable.

Sami's mental illness drove him to commit something unthinkable.

A1

Il n'a pas pu faire une faute aussi évidente ; c'est impensable !

He can't have made such an obvious mistake; it's unthinkable!

B1

Il est impensable que tu prennes un bain de soleil, nu, sur ce balcon.

It's unthinkable that you sunbathe nude on the balcony.

B1