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translatability

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /tɹænzˌleɪtəˈbɪlɪti/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality or property of being translatable; ability to be translated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The quality or property of being translatable; ability to be translated.

The capacity of meaning to be transferred from one language to another without undergoing fundamental change.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From translatable + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: перакладальнасць (pjerakladalʹnascʹ) — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Catalan: traduïbilitat — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可譯性 /可译性 (kěyìxìng) — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Czech: preložitelnost — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Dutch: vertaalbaarheid — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Esperanto: tradukeblo — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Finnish: käännettävyys — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • French: traductibilité — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • French: traduisibilité — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • German: Übersetzbarkeit — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Irish: inaistritheacht — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Polish: przetłumaczalność — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Polish: przekładalność — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Romanian: traductibilitate — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Russian: переводимость (perevodimostʹ) — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Slovak: preložiteľnosť — property of being translatable; ability to be translated
  • Volapük: tradutov — property of being translatable; ability to be translated