untranslatable

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈʌnˌtɹænz.leɪt.ə.bəl/ X-SAMPA: /"Vn%tr{nz.leIt.@.b@l/

Adjective

untranslatable (comparative more untranslatable, superlative most untranslatable)

1. Not able to be translated.

   They referred to de Gaulle as a chienlit, a totally untranslatable term that suggests defecation in bed.

Antonyms

• translatable

Translations

not able to be translated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可譯 (cmn), 不可译 (cmn) (bùkěyì)

• Czech: nepřeložitelný (cs)
• Dutch: onvertaalbaar (nl)
• Finnish: mahdoton kääntää (fi)
• French: intraduisible (fr)
• German: unübersetzbar (de)
• Icelandic: óþýðanlegur (is)
• Japanese: 翻訳不可能 (ja) (hon'yaku fukāno)

• Macedonian: непреводлив (mk) (neprévodliv)
• Portuguese: intraduzível (pt)
• Russian: непереводимый (ru) (neperevodímyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: непрево̀див (sh), непрево̀дљив (sh)

  Roman: neprevòdiv (sh), neprevòdljiv (sh)

• Swedish: oöversättlig (sv) c

Noun

untranslatable (plural untranslatables)

1. A word or phrase that is impossible to translate.