unpronounceable


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un·pro·nounce·a·ble

 (ŭn′prə-noun′sə-bəl)
adj.
1. Difficult or impossible to pronounce correctly: an unpronounceable last name.
2. Not fit to be mentioned.
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unpronounceable

(ˌʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbəl)
adj
not able to be uttered or articulated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unpronounceable - impossible or difficult to pronounce correctlyunpronounceable - impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly
pronounceable - capable of being uttered or pronounced; "a pronounceable group of letters"
2.unpronounceable - very difficult to pronounce correctlyunpronounceable - very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters"
incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
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Translations

unpronounceable

[ˈʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbl] ADJimpronunciable
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unpronounceable

[ˌʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbəl] adjimprononçable
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unpronounceable

adjunaussprechbar; that word is unpronounceabledas Wort ist nicht auszusprechen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unpronounceable

[ˌʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbl] adjimpronunciabile
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
Their last names were unpronounceable, so they were called Pavel and Peter.
While writing this book, fully a quarter of a century since, it occurred to us that the French name of this lake was too complicated, the American too commonplace, and the Indian too unpronounceable, for either to be used familiarly in a work of fiction.
But the bow was lost upon Bruno, who had run out of the room, even while the great feat of The Unpronounceable Monosyllable was being triumphantly performed.
It was in this park that that fellow with an unpronounceable name made the attempt upon the Russian Czar's life last spring with a pistol.
Rose began with great spirit, and kept on gallantly for a couple of chapters, getting over the unpronounceable names with unexpected success, she thought, for her listener did not correct her once, and lay so still she fancied he was deeply interested.
* I have used the word king in describing the rulers or chiefs of the Bantoomian swarms, since the word itself is unpronounceable in English, nor does jed or jeddak of the red Martian tongue have quite the same meaning as the Bantoomian word, which has practically the same significance as the English word queen as applied to the leader of a swarm of bees.--J.
Have you forgotten the yellow-looking foreign woman, with the unpronounceable name?
Everything comes with a foam, a glaze or unpronounceable French decoration.
Surely, they all have long unpronounceable scientific names.
Montgomery added that parents would need to rethink names that are swear words, have more than 70 characters or anything unpronounceable.
HepburnaACAOs younger son, Luca Dotti, who wrote an introduction for Matzen's novel, mentioned that when his mother told him about her life, she often used to give "obscure and sometimes unpronounceable Dutch" locations instead of mentioning her life in Hollywood.
You know, the guy whose name is unpronounceable, and we should just call him Raja.