"unmistakable" meaning in English

See unmistakable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-unmistakable.ogg Forms: more unmistakable [comparative], most unmistakable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + mistake + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|mistake|-able}} un- + mistake + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} unmistakable (comparative more unmistakable, superlative most unmistakable)
  1. Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else. Synonyms: unmistakeable Translations (unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else): inconfusible (Catalan), nezaměnitelný (Czech), umiskendelig (Danish), onmiskenbaar (Dutch), kiistaton (Finnish), selvä (Finnish), josta ei voi erehtyä (Finnish), reconnaissable entre tous (French), reconnaissable entre mille (French), unverwechselbar (German), unverkennbar (German), unüberhörbar (German), félreismerhetetlen (Hungarian), összetéveszthetetlen (Hungarian), inconfondibile (Italian), 오해의 여지가 없는 (ohae'ui yeojiga eomneun) (Korean), baghtal (Manx), cronnal (Manx), gyn marranys (Manx), umiskjennelig (Norwegian Bokmål), nieomylny (Polish), niepowtarzalny (Polish), wyraźny (Polish), niewątpliwy (Polish), charakterystyczny (Polish), inconfundível (Portuguese), nezameniteľný (Slovak), inconfundible (Spanish), omisskännlig (Swedish)

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