"indecipherable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪndɪˈsaɪfəɹəbəl/, /ɪndɪˈsaɪfɹəbəl/, /ɪndə-/ Forms: more indecipherable [comparative], most indecipherable [superlative]
Etymology: From in- + decipherable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|decipherable}} in- + decipherable Head templates: {{en-adj}} indecipherable (comparative more indecipherable, superlative most indecipherable)
  1. Not decipherable; impossible to decode, read, understand or comprehend. Translations (not decipherable): onontcijferbaar (Dutch), malĉifri (Esperanto), indéchiffrable (French), unentzifferbar (German), unentzifferlich (German), δυσερμήνευτος (dysermíneftos) (Greek), olvashatatlan (Hungarian), kivehetetlen (Hungarian), megfejthetetlen (Hungarian), indecifrabile (Italian), neatšifrējams (Latvian), indecifrável (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-indecipherable-en-adj-HjrCdmiQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'not decipherable': 97 3
  2. Indistinguishable
    Sense id: en-indecipherable-en-adj-BAlFWcFT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: undecipherable, unreadable, illegible

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        },
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "not decipherable",
          "word": "neatšifrējams"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not decipherable",
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          "ref": "2001 December 22, Michael A. Norville, “Why do so many DMs hate their players”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)",
          "text": "The explanation some are suggesting is that the object takes on the appearance of what is behind it, or that it takes on the appearanec of what the observer thinks is behind it. In both cases, the object is still visible. It's a visible representation of what's behind it, but it is still invisible, just indecipherable from its surroundings.",
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          "ref": "2004 April 21, RoyWilliamsIsGay, “Pablo the Troll”, in alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles (Usenet)",
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          "ref": "2015 May 20, Laura Pintur, “My campaign against Zoo Magazine: the well-being of girls should come before profits” (0:25 from the start), in Guardian Australia",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "onontcijferbaar"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
      "word": "malĉifri"
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      "sense": "not decipherable",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
      "word": "unentzifferbar"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
      "word": "unentzifferlich"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "not decipherable",
      "word": "δυσερμήνευτος"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
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    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
      "word": "indecifrabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
      "word": "neatšifrējams"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not decipherable",
      "word": "indecifrável"
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