"inexpressible" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more inexpressible [comparative], most inexpressible [superlative]
Etymology: From in- + expressible. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|expressible}} in- + expressible Head templates: {{en-adj}} inexpressible (comparative more inexpressible, superlative most inexpressible)
  1. Unable to be expressed; not able to be put into words. Synonyms: inexpressable [rare], unexpressable, unexpressible [rare] Related terms: inexpressibility Related terms (counterparts in calculating): innumerable, innumerous, unnumerable, incalculable Translations (unable to be expressed): ἄσπετος (áspetos) (Ancient Greek), inexpressable (Catalan), onuitsprekelijk (Dutch), nedirebla (Esperanto), sanoin kuvaamaton (Finnish), inexprimable (French), inexpresable (Galician), ανεκδιήγητος (anekdiígitos) (Greek), inesprimibile (Italian), niewysłowiony (Polish), inexpressável (Portuguese), inexprimível (Portuguese), inexprimabil (Romanian), neexprimabil (Romanian), невырази́мый (nevyrazímyj) (Russian), inexpresable (Spanish)
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