untranslatable

Plural: untranslatables

Adjective

• not capable of being put into another form or style or language
  • "an untranslatable idiom"
  • "untranslatable art"

Adj

• Not able to be translated.

Noun

• A word or phrase that is impossible to translate satisfactorily from one language to another.

Examples

• They referred to de Gaulle as a chienlit, a totally untranslatable term that suggests defecation in bed.

Antonyms

translatable

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