undecipherable

English

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-

English decipher

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English decipherable

English undecipherable

From un- + decipherable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌndɪˈsaɪfəɹəbəl/, /ʌndɪˈsaɪfɹəbəl/, /ʌndə-/

Adjective

undecipherable (comparative more undecipherable, superlative most undecipherable)

1. Not easily deciphered; difficult to read.

Synonyms

• indecipherable
• (not easily deciphered): inexplicable, insolvable, unknowable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
• (difficult to read): indecipherable, unreadable, illegible

Derived terms

• undecipherably

Translations

not easily deciphered

• Arabic: صَعْب فَكّ تَشْفِيرَة (ṣaʕb fakk tašfīra)
• Esperanto: nedeĉifrebla
• Polish: nie do odszyfrowania