Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inarticulable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: inar-tic-u-la-ble
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not articulable; incapable of being articulated.

Example Sentences

"I add two letters to this class, under the title of anomalous, which are the Arabic qaf (incorrectly written g, in the Plate, instead of q,) and the Hebrew, or Arabic ain, which some suppose to be inarticulable by a European voice."

Etymology

First attested in 1825: formed as in- + articulable; compare inarticulate and the slightly earlier (1824) French inarticulable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in

Derived Forms

inarticulability

Questions

What does inarticulable mean?: Not articulable; incapable of being articulated.
Where does inarticulable come from?: First attested in 1825: formed as in- + articulable; compare inarticulate and the slightly earlier (1824) French inarticulable.

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