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10 Language-to-English DictionariesIncomprehensible
/ˌɪn.kəmˈprɛ.hɛn.sə.bəl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Impossible to understand or comprehend.
"The instructions were so convoluted that they seemed incomprehensible to everyone." - 2
Not able to be grasped mentally.
"His reasoning was so abstract that it felt incomprehensible to the average listener."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'incomprehensible' originates from the Latin 'incomprehensibilis', which is a combination of 'in-' (not) and 'comprehensibilis' (able to be understood). The term evolved through Middle English, reflecting the growing complexity of language and the need to describe things that cannot be easily understood.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Incomprehensible" is said worldwide
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incompréhensible
Transliteration: ɛ̃.kɔ̃.pʁe.ɑ̃.sɪ.bl
"Les instructions étaient si compliquées qu'elles semblaient incompréhensibles."
unverständlich
Transliteration: ʊnˈfɛʁʃtɛndɪç
"Die Anweisungen waren so kompliziert, dass sie unverständlich schienen."
incomprensibile
Transliteration: inkomprenˈzibile
"Le istruzioni erano così complicate che sembravano incomprensibili."
incomprensible
Transliteration: inkompreˈsible
"Las instrucciones eran tan complicadas que parecían incomprensibles."
incompreensível
Transliteration: ĩkõpɾẽˈzivɛl
"As instruções eram tão complicadas que pareciam incompreensíveis."
असमझ
Transliteration: asamajh
"निर्देश इतने जटिल थे कि वे असमझ थे।"
不可理解
Transliteration: bù kě lǐ jiě
"这些指示复杂到让人不可理解。"
이해할 수 없는
Transliteration: ihaehal su eobsneun
"지침이 너무 복잡해서 이해할 수 없었습니다."
理解できない
Transliteration: rikai dekinai
"指示があまりにも複雑で理解できませんでした。"
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