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unforgettable

adj · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌʌnfə(ɹ)ˈɡɛtəbəl/
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  • rhymes with -ɛtəbəl
  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N F ER0 G EH1 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Very difficult or impossible to forget.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The things he subjected me to were horrible and unforgettable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: memorable, indelible, memorious, nameable, rememberable, remembersome, unforgettable

Antonyms: forgettable

2

adjective

Meaning 2

impossible to forget

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: forgettable

History

Etymology

From un- + forget + -able or un- + forgettable.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: paharrueshëm — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Arabic: غَيْر مَنْسِيّ (ḡayr mansiyy) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Arabic: لَا يُنْسَى (lā yunsā) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Armenian: անմոռանալի (anmoṙanali) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Armenian: անմոռաց (anmoṙacʻ) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Azerbaijani: unudulmaz — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Belarusian: незабыва́ны (njezabyvány) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Belarusian: незабы́ўны (njezabýwny) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Belarusian: незабы́тны (njezabýtny) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Bulgarian: незабрави́м (nezabravím) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Catalan: inoblidable — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Chinese Mandarin: 難忘 /难忘 (nánwàng) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不能忘的 (bù néng wàng de) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • West Circassian: ащмыгъупшэжь (aśməğwupšɛź) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Czech: nezapomenutelný — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Danish: uforglemmelig — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Dutch: onvergetelijk — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Esperanto: neforgesebla — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Estonian: unustamatu — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Finnish: ikimuistoinen — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Finnish: unohtumaton — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Finnish: mieleenpainuva — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • French: inoubliable — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Galician: inesquecible — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Galician: inesquecíbel — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • German: unvergesslich — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Greek: αξέχαστος (axéchastos) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Greek: αλησμόνητος (alismónitos) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Hebrew: בִּלְתִּי נִשְׁכָּח — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Hindi: अविस्मरणीय (avismarṇīya) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Hungarian: felejthetetlen — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Irish: dodhearmadta — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Italian: indimenticabile — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Japanese: 忘れられない (wasurerarenai) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Japanese: 忘れがたい (wasuregatai) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Korean: 잊을 수 없다 (ijeul su eopda) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Korean: 잊지 못하다 (it-ji mothada) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Latin: memorābilis — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Latin: recordābilis — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Macedonian: незаборавен (nezaboraven) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Malayalam: മറക്കാനാവാത്ത (maṟakkānāvātta) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Malayalam: അവിസ്മരണീയ (avismaraṇīya) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Manx: neuyarroodagh — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uforglemmelig — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ugløymeleg — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Polish: niezapomniany — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Portuguese: inesquecível — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Romanian: de neuitat — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Romanian: neuitabil — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Russian: незабыва́емый (nezabyvájemyj) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Russian: незабве́нный (nezabvénnyj) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏забора̄ван — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅzaborāvan — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Slovak: nezabudnuteľný — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Slovene: nepozaben — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Spanish: inolvidable — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Swedish: oförglömlig — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Telugu: మరిచిపోలేని (maricipōlēni) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Turkish: unutulmaz — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Ukrainian: незабу́тній (nezabútnij) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Uyghur: ئۇنتۇلماس (untulmas) — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Vietnamese: không thể quên — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Welsh: cofiadwy — very difficult or impossible to forget
  • Yiddish: אומפֿאַרגעסלעך (umfargeslekh) — very difficult or impossible to forget
Real reading context

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