Standard Lemma guide

unmistakable

adj · 3 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: mistakable

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

clearly evident to the mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his opposition to slavery was unmistakable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
  • evident hostility
  • manifest disapproval
  • patent advantages
  • made his meaning plain
  • it is plain that he is no reactionary
  • in plain view

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English mistake Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unmistakable From un- + mistake + -able.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: inconfusible — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Czech: nezaměnitelný — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Danish: umiskendelig — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Dutch: onmiskenbaar — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Esperanto: senduba — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Finnish: kiistaton — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Finnish: selvä — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Finnish: josta ei voi erehtyä — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • French: reconnaissable entre tous — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • French: reconnaissable entre mille — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • German: unverwechselbar — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • German: unverkennbar — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • German: unüberhörbar — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Hungarian: félreismerhetetlen — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Hungarian: összetéveszthetetlen — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Italian: inconfondibile — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Korean: 오해의 여지가 없는 (ohae'ui yeojiga eomneun) — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Manx: baghtal — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Manx: cronnal — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Manx: gyn marranys — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Norwegian Bokmål: umiskjennelig — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Polish: nieomylny — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Polish: niepowtarzalny — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Polish: wyraźny — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Polish: niewątpliwy — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Polish: charakterystyczny — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Portuguese: inconfundível — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Slovak: nezameniteľný — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Spanish: inconfundible — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else
  • Swedish: omisskännlig — unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else