Standard Lemma guide

unpronounceable

adj · noun · 4 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something, especially an ingredient, that is difficult or impossible to pronounce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mouthful, jawbreaker

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: pronounceable

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

very difficult to pronounce correctly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an unpronounceable foreign word
  • unutterable consonant clusters

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unutterable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- English pronounce 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 pronounceable English unpronounceable From un- + pronounceable.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: onuitspreekbaar — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Belarusian: невымо́ўны (njevymówny) — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Belarusian: невымаўля́льны (njevymawljálʹny) — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Catalan: impronunciable — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Dutch: onuitspreekbaar — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Finnish: vaikeasti äännettävä — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Finnish: vaikeasti lausuttava — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • French: imprononçable — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Galician: impronunciábel — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Galician: impronunciable — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • German: unaussprechbar — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • German: unaussprechlich — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Greek: κακοπρόφερτος (kakoprófertos) — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Greek: δυσπρόφερτος (dysprófertos) — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Greek: δυσκολοπρόφερτος (dyskoloprófertos) — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Greek: απρόφερτος (aprófertos) — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Ido: nepronuncebla — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Ido: neartikulebla — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Italian: impronunciabile — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Polish: niewymawialny — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Portuguese: impronunciável — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Romanian: impronunțabil — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Russian: непроизноси́мый (neproiznosímyj) — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Spanish: impronunciable — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate
  • Ukrainian: невимо́вний (nevymóvnyj) — impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate