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UNTRANSLATABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does untranslatable mean?
• UNTRANSLATABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNTRANSLATABLE has 1 sense:
1. not capable of being put into another form or style or language
Familiarity information: UNTRANSLATABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not capable of being put into another form or style or language
Context example:
untranslatable art
Antonym:
translatable (capable of being put into another form or style or language)
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