Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unrecognizable

/ʌnˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: un-rec-og-niz-able
IPA: /ʌnˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot be recognized, especially because of substantial changes.

American usage

Example Sentences

"He’s forced to travel back to 1969 to prevent an evil alien (a shockingly effective, nearly unrecognizable Jemaine Clement of Flight Of The Conchords, playing sort of a psychotic extraterrestrial-biker serial killer) from destroying the world by killing Brolin. Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cognize English recognize Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unrecognizable From un- + recognize + -able.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʌnˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/
British English: /ʌnˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more unrecognizable (comparative) most unrecognizable (superlative) unrecognisable (alternative)

Derived Forms

unrecognizability unrecognizableness unrecognizably

Synonyms

irrecognizable unrecognisable

Antonyms

recognizable

Rhymes With

recognizable sizable advisable sizeable inadvisable realizable realisable

Questions

How do you pronounce unrecognizable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/.
What does unrecognizable mean?: That cannot be recognized, especially because of substantial changes.
Where does unrecognizable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cognize English recognize Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unrecognizable From un- + recognize + -able.

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