untransliteratable

adjective

That cannot be transliterated.

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Meanings

adjectiveuntransliteratable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareThat 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

From un- + transliteratable.

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APA

untransliteratable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untransliteratable

MLA

“untransliteratable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untransliteratable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untransliteratable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untransliteratable.

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