"ineffable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪnˈɛf.ə.bəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-ineffable.ogg [US], en-au-ineffable.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Middle French ineffable (modern French ineffable), from Latin ineffābilis, from in- (“not”) + effor (“utter”) + -bilis (“-able”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|ineffable}} Middle French ineffable, {{cog|fr|ineffable}} French ineffable, {{der|en|la|ineffābilis}} Latin ineffābilis, {{affix|la|in-|effor|-bilis|gloss1=not|gloss2=utter|gloss3=-able|nocat=1}} in- (“not”) + effor (“utter”) + -bilis (“-able”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ineffable (not comparable)
  1. Beyond expression in words; unspeakable. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: indescribable, inexpressible, unspeakable, indescribable, incomprehensible Translations (beyond expression): ἄφατος (áphatos) (Ancient Greek), невымо́ўны (njevymóŭny) (Belarusian), невыка́зны (njevykázny) (Belarusian), неизразим (neizrazim) (Bulgarian), nevýslovný (Czech), onuitsprekelijk (Dutch), onzeggelijk (Dutch), onnoembaar (Dutch), sanomaton (Finnish), sanoinkuvaamaton (Finnish), ineffable (French), innommable (French), გამოუთქმელი (gamoutkmeli) (Georgian), აღუწერელი (aɣuc̣ereli) (Georgian), უტყვი (uṭq̇vi) (Georgian), unaussprechlich (German), άφατος (áfatos) (Greek), ανείπωτος (aneípotos) (Greek), ineffabilis (Latin), neufocklagh (Manx), usigelig (Norwegian), uutsigelig (Norwegian), nieopisany (Polish), inefável (Portuguese), indescritível (Portuguese), inefabil (Romanian), невырази́мый (nevyrazímyj) (Russian), несказа́нный (neskazánnyj) [masculine] (Russian), неопису́емый (neopisújemyj) [masculine] (Russian), inefable (Spanish), obeskrivlig (Swedish), outsäglig (Swedish), చెప్పలేని (ceppalēni) (Telugu), anlatılmaz (Turkish), невимо́вний (nevymóvnyj) (Ukrainian), anhraethol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ineffable-en-adj-A1oHPtI2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'beyond expression': 90 10
  2. Forbidden to be uttered; taboo. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: taboo, unspeakable, unutterable Translations (forbidden to be uttered): taboe (Dutch), onnoembaar (Dutch), geheiligd (Dutch), tabou (French), inexprimable (French), sacré (French), unevnelig (Norwegian), ten, którego imienia się nie wymienia (Polish), onämnbar (Swedish), చెప్పరాని (cepparāni) (Telugu), ağza alınmaz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ineffable-en-adj-s5vZIZ4q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'forbidden to be uttered': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: effable, ineffability, ineffableness, ineffably Coordinate_terms: innumerable, innumerous, unnumerable, incalculable

Adjective [French]

IPA: /i.nɛ.fabl/, /i.ne.fabl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ineffable.wav Forms: ineffables [plural]
Rhymes: -abl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ineffābilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|ineffābilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin ineffābilis, {{bor+|fr|la|ineffābilis}} Borrowed from Latin ineffābilis Head templates: {{fr-adj}} ineffable (plural ineffables)
  1. ineffable (unable to be expressed in words) Synonyms: inénarrable, indicible
    Sense id: en-ineffable-fr-adj-EDmXHYxU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Middle French]

Forms: ineffables [plural]
Head templates: {{head|frm|adjective|plural|ineffables||mf||ineffables||{{{mp2}}}||ineffablees|f1accel-form=p|f2accel-form=f|s|f3accel-form=m|p|f5accel-form=f|p|g=m|g2=f|head=}} ineffable m or f (plural ineffables), {{frm-adj|mf}} ineffable m or f (plural ineffables)
  1. ineffable (unable to be expressed in words) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-ineffable-frm-adj-EDmXHYxU Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ineffable meaning in All languages combined (13.7kB)

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          "ref": "2012, Gay Watson, Stephen Batchelor, Guy Claxton, The Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, science, and our day-to-day lives",
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          "word": "невимо́вний"
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      "sense": "beyond expression",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "beyond expression",
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "beyond expression",
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "beyond expression",
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "beyond expression",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "beyond expression",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "beyond expression",
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      "code": "te",
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      "sense": "beyond expression",
      "word": "చెప్పలేని"
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      "word": "anlatılmaz"
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      "sense": "forbidden to be uttered",
      "word": "ten, którego imienia się nie wymienia"
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      "sense": "forbidden to be uttered",
      "word": "చెప్పరాని"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.