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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinexprimable
Pronunciation / Transliteration: inexprimable
"Il ressentait une joie inexprimable."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Too strong or great to be expressed or described; indescribable.
"She felt an inexpressible joy upon hearing the good news."
- 1
Something that cannot be expressed; specifically (humorous), a pair of trousers (short for 'inexpressibles').
"He brushed the dust from his inexpressibles."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin inexpressibilis, from in- 'not' + expressibilis 'expressible'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "inexpressible" is said worldwide
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inexprimable
Transliteration: inexprimable
"Il ressentait une joie inexprimable."
unaussprechlich
Transliteration: unaussprechlich
"Sie empfand eine unaussprechliche Freude."
inesprimibile
Transliteration: inesprimibile
"Provava una gioia inesprimibile."
inexpresable
Transliteration: inexpresable
"Sentía una alegría inexpresable."
inexpressível
Transliteration: inexpressível
"Ela sentiu uma alegria inexpressível."
अथाह
Transliteration: athaah
"उन्हें अथाह आनंद की अनुभूति हुई।"
无法形容的
Transliteration: wúfǎ xíngróng de
"她感到一种无法形容的喜悦。"
말로 표현할 수 없는
Transliteration: mallo pyohyeonhal su eomneun
"그는 말로 표현할 수 없는 기쁨을 느꼈다."
言いようのない
Transliteration: iiyō no nai
"彼女は言いようのない喜びを感じた。"
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