Meaning

3 senses
  1. (dated, offensive, sometimes)Any person with a disability or illness.

    Invalide, Invalidin, Bettlägriger

    инвали́дinvalíd, инвали́дкаinvalídka, инвали́дinvalíd

    інвалі́дinvalíd, інвалі́дкаinvalídka, інвалі́дinvalíd

  2. (dated, offensive, sometimes)A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves.

    someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury

  3. (archaic)A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Do I look like an invalid?

    Хіба я виглядаю, як інвалід?

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  2. As of tomorrow, this e-mail address will be invalid.

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  3. If you were forced to sign the contract, it's invalid.

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  4. If you were forced to sign that contract, then it's invalid.

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  5. If you were forced to sign it, the contract is invalid.

    deWenn man zur Unterschrift genötigt wurde, ist der Vertrag ungültig.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
person with a handicap or disability:
Русский
person with a handicap or disability:
Deutsch
person with a handicap or disability:
sick person:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“no

Borrowed from Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”).

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Forms

plural: invalids
Singularinvalid
Pluralinvalids

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury:shut-in

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
invalid — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto