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noun
The quality or property of being untranslatable; inability to be translated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The quality or property of being untranslatable; inability to be translated.
The inability of meaning to be transferred from one language to another without undergoing fundamental change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies
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History
From untranslatable + -ity.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
