Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untransliteratable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-translit-er-at-able
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot be transliterated.

Example Sentences

"[…] most probably all three are courageous but not very successful attempts to transliterate the bird's creaking and almost untransliteratable call."

Etymology

From un- + transliteratable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Questions

What does untransliteratable mean?: That cannot be transliterated.
Where does untransliteratable come from?: From un- + transliteratable.

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