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untransliteratable

untransliteratable adjective: that cannot be transliterated.

Adjective

untransliteratable (not comparable)

  1. (rare) That cannot be transliterated.
    • […] most probably all three are courageous but not very successful attempts to transliterate the bird's creaking and almost untransliteratable call.1947, Blackwood's Magazine, Countryside Tales from "Blackwood", page 284

Origin of untransliteratable

From un- + transliteratable.

Questions about untransliteratable

What does untransliteratable mean?
Untransliteratable means that cannot be transliterated.
What part of speech is untransliteratable?
Untransliteratable is an adjective.

Words near untransliteratable in the dictionary

  1. untranslatably
  2. untranslateable
  3. untranslateableness
  4. untranslated
  5. untranslational
  6. untransliteratable
  7. untransliterated
  8. untranslocatable
  9. untranslocated
  10. untransmigrated
  11. untransmissible

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