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unpronounceable

/ˌʌn.prəˈnaʊn.sə.bəl/

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adjective

/ˌʌn.prəˈnaʊn.sə.bəl/C1formal
  • ruОписывает слово или имя, которое очень трудно или невозможно произнести правильно.

Describes a word or name that is very difficult or impossible to pronounce correctly.

  1. Impossible to pronounceB2formal

    Describes a word or name that cannot be pronounced correctly due to its unusual combination of sounds or letters.

    ruНепроизносимый

    • The chemical name for titin is famously unpronounceable.
    • Many tourists find the name of the Welsh village Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch unpronounceable.
    • The ancient text contained several unpronounceable words.

    Synonymsunutterable

    Antonymspronounceable

  2. Very difficult to pronounceB2informal

    Describes a word or name that is extremely challenging to articulate correctly, often due to unfamiliar phonetics or a complex syllable structure.

    ruТруднопроизносимый

    • His last name is so unpronounceable that everyone just calls him by his first name.
    • The technical jargon in the manual was full of unpronounceable terms.
    • She struggled with the unpronounceable name of the medication.

    Synonymsineffableunutterable

    Antonymspronounceable

Forms
  • more unpronounceable comparative form
  • most unpronounceable superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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