"untranslatable" meaning in English

See untranslatable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʌnˌtɹænz.leɪt.ə.bəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-untranslatable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more untranslatable [comparative], most untranslatable [superlative]
Etymology: un- + translatable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|translatable}} un- + translatable Head templates: {{en-adj}} untranslatable (comparative more untranslatable, superlative most untranslatable)
  1. Not able to be translated. Derived forms: untranslatability Translations (not able to be translated): i papërkthyeshëm (Albanian), непераклада́льны (njepjerakladálʹny) (Belarusian), intraduïble (Catalan), 不可譯 (Chinese Mandarin), 不可译 (bùkěyì) (Chinese Mandarin), nepřeložitelný (Czech), onvertaalbaar (Dutch), netradukebla (Esperanto), kääntämiskelvoton (Finnish), kääntymätön (Finnish), intraduisible (French), intraducible (Galician), intraducíbel (Galician), unübersetzbar (German), αμετάφραστος (ametáfrastos) (Greek), lefordíthatatlan (Hungarian), óþýðanlegur (Icelandic), intraducibile (Italian), 翻訳不可能 (hon'yaku fukāno) (Japanese), непреводлив (neprevodliv) (Macedonian), nieprzetłumaczalny [masculine] (Polish), intraduzível (Portuguese), netraductibil [masculine] (Romanian), непереводи́мый (neperevodímyj) (Russian), непрево̀див [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), непрево̀дљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), neprevòdiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), neprevòdljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nepreložiteľný (Slovak), intraducible (Spanish), oöversättlig (Swedish), неперекладни́й (neperekladnýj) (Ukrainian), netradutovik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-untranslatable-en-adj-2J4neGpL

Noun

IPA: /ˈʌnˌtɹænz.leɪt.ə.bəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-untranslatable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: untranslatables [plural]
Etymology: un- + translatable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|translatable}} un- + translatable Head templates: {{en-noun}} untranslatable (plural untranslatables)
  1. A word or phrase that is impossible to translate satisfactorily from one language to another.
    Sense id: en-untranslatable-en-noun-wnNX8ReX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 40 60

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "i papërkthyeshëm"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "sense": "not able to be translated",
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "onvertaalbaar"
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        },
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          "word": "kääntämiskelvoton"
        },
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          "word": "kääntymätön"
        },
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          "sense": "not able to be translated",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "unübersetzbar"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ametáfrastos",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "αμετάφραστος"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "lefordíthatatlan"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "óþýðanlegur"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "intraducibile"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hon'yaku fukāno",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "翻訳不可能"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "neprevodliv",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "непреводлив"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
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          ],
          "word": "nieprzetłumaczalny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "not able to be translated",
          "word": "intraduzível"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
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          "word": "netraductibil"
        },
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        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not able to be translated",
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        },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "i papërkthyeshëm"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njepjerakladálʹny",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "непераклада́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "intraduïble"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "不可譯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùkěyì",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "不可译"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "nepřeložitelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "onvertaalbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "netradukebla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "kääntämiskelvoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "kääntymätön"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "intraduisible"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "intraducible"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "intraducíbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "unübersetzbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ametáfrastos",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "αμετάφραστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "lefordíthatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "óþýðanlegur"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "intraducibile"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hon'yaku fukāno",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "翻訳不可能"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neprevodliv",
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      "word": "непреводлив"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
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      "word": "nieprzetłumaczalny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "intraduzível"
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      "sense": "not able to be translated",
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      "word": "netraductibil"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neperevodímyj",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "непереводи́мый"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "непрево̀див"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
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      "word": "непрево̀дљив"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "oöversättlig"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neperekladnýj",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "неперекладни́й"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "not able to be translated",
      "word": "netradutovik"
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