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incommunicable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
in-com-mu-ni-ca-ble
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot be communicated or transmitted

adj

Who does not communicate freely; uncommunicative or reserved

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English communicable English incommunicable From in- + communicable.

Inflected Forms

more incommunicable (comparative) most incommunicable (superlative)

Derived Forms

incommunicableness incommunicably

Frequently Paired Words

incommunicability

Antonyms

communicable

Questions

What does incommunicable mean?
That cannot be communicated or transmitted
Where does incommunicable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English communicable English incommunicable From in- + communicable.

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