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untranslatable

adj
/ˈʌnˌtɹænz.leɪt.ə.bəl/UK

Etymology

From un- + translatable.

  1. derived from trānslātus
  2. derived from translater
  3. inherited from translaten — “to transport, translate, transform”
  4. suffixed as translatable — “translate + able”
  5. prefixed as untranslatable — “un- + translatable”

Definitions

  1. Not able to be translated.

    • They referred to de Gaulle as a chienlit, a totally untranslatable term that suggests defecation in bed.
    • In translating untranslatable words, there is a need to use a sentence or phrase before the message can be passed across.

  2. A word or phrase that is impossible to translate satisfactorily from one language to…

    A word or phrase that is impossible to translate satisfactorily from one language to another.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for untranslatable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA