unpronounceable
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate.
noun
Something, especially an ingredient, that is difficult or impossible to pronounce.
Example Sentences
- "A Hungarian baron, with an unpronounceable name, had that very morning been so struck with Lady Penrhyn's beauty, that, not knowing she was married, he laid himself, castle, sabre, and fur pelisses at her feet, for immediate acceptance."
- "In many ways, the salarian political network functions like the noble families of Earth's Medieval Europe. Structurally the government consists of fiefdoms, baronies, duchies, planets, and marches (colonization clusters). These are human nicknames; the original salarian is unpronounceable."
- "Synthetic fragrances can contain a laundry list of chemicals — hormone disrupters, petroleum-derived unpronounceables, asthma triggers and on and on."
- "Finally, if there are some “unpronounceables” in the list, ensure that they are minimal and not artificial anything—artificial colors, preservatives, flavors, or sweeteners."
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin prōnūntiōbor. Old French prononcierbor. Middle English pronouncen English pronounce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pronounceable English unpronounceable From un- + pronounceable.
Inflected Forms
more unpronounceable (comparative)
most unpronounceable (superlative)
unpronouncible (alternative, rare)
unpronounceables (plural)