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Definition: Undefinable |
UndefinableAdjective1. Not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words; "an indefinable feeling of terror"; "an abstract concept that seems indefinable". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "undefinable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
Synonym: UndefinableSynonym: indefinable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncertainty | Vague; indeterminate, indefinite; ambiguous, equivocal; undefined, undefinable; confused; (indistinct); mystic, oracular; dazed. |
Unintelligibility | Inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable. |
Unmeaningness | Inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Javert obeyed, with that undefinable smile into which the supremacy of enchained authority is condensed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Undefinable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Undefinable" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
undefinable | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "undefinable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不可命名. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | undefinierbar (indefinable, undefined). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meghatározhatatlan (elusive, indefinable, indeterminable, neutral, nondescript, undeterminable, unidentifiable), megállapíthatatlan, eldönthetetlen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | indefinibile (indefinable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 막연한 (vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | efinableunday indefinibil. (various references) neodredljiv, nedefinisan (undefined). (various references) tarifsiz (indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, untold, unutterable), tarif edilemez (indefinable, nondescript), tanımsız, tanımlanamaz (indefinable, indescribable, nondescript). (various references) không thể nhận rõ, không thể định rõ, không thể định nghĩa được không thể xác định. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-f-i-l-n-n-u" | |
-1 letter: undeniable, unfindable. | |
-2 letters: definable. | |
-3 letters: biennale, deniable, enfilade, findable, fineable, funneled, unaneled, unbelief, unedible, unnailed. | |
-4 letters: adenine, aliened, aliunde, annelid, audible, baneful, bluefin, delaine, enabled, endleaf, fenland, fibulae, finable, lindane, nebulae, needful, unideal, unladen, unlined. | |
-5 letters: aedile, aedine, afield, aidful, alined, aneled, annuli, audile, bailed, bailee, baleen, banned, beadle, beaned, beanie, beduin, beflea, belaud, belied. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-f-i-l-n-n-u" | |
+3 letters: unidentifiable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 64 65 66 69 6E 61 62 6C 65 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. . ..-. .. -. .- -... .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100110 01101001 01101110 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n d e f i n a b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0064 0065 0066 0069 006E 0061 0062 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580707172758067687871 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinesisch, kínai, cinese, 중국, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, kineski jezik, kineski, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , német, tedesco, 독일, neamţ, germanski, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , Ungar, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italienisch, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italyanca, italyan |
Korean | 번역, 사 , 의 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, limba coreeanã, coreean, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, kore'li, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Romanian | translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire, dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire | 罗马尼亚语, rumäne, román, rumeno, 루마니아, român, rumunski jezik, rumunski |
Serbo-Croatian | tumačenje, leksikon, rečnik, definicija | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Turkish | tercüme, sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, türkisch, török, turcesc, turc, turski jezik, turski, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định | 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englisch, angol, inglese, 영국, englezesc, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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