unpronounceable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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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.
Meanings
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Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate.
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.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 166: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.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: Government Codex entry:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unpronouncible | alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| more unpronounceable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unpronounceable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unpronounceably · unpronounceability
Translations (25)
el απρόφερτος (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · gl impronunciable (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · ca impronunciable (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · de unaussprechlich (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · es impronunciable (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · fi vaikeasti äännettävä (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · be невымо́ўны (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · el κακοπρόφερτος (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · nl onuitspreekbaar (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · fr imprononçable (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · el δυσκολοπρόφερτος (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · de unaussprechbar (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · af onuitspreekbaar (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · ro impronunțabil (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · pl niewymawialny (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · fi vaikeasti lausuttava (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · el δυσπρόφερτος (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · io nepronuncebla (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · be невымаўля́льны (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · ru непроизноси́мый (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · it impronunciabile (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · pt impronunciável (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · gl impronunciábel (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · io neartikulebla (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate) · uk невимо́вний (impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate)