Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unnameable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: un-name-able
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot, or should not, be named.

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English nameable English unnameable From un- + nameable.

Inflected Forms

more unnameable (comparative) most unnameable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unnameableness unnameably

Frequently Paired Words

nameless unname unnamed

Synonyms

ineffable unspeakable unutterable

Questions

What does unnameable mean?: That cannot, or should not, be named.
Where does unnameable come from?: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English nameable English unnameable From un- + nameable.

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