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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesméconnaissable
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mey-ko-nay-sah-bluh
"La ville est devenue méconnaissable après toutes ces années."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Not able to be identified or recognized; changed so much that it is impossible to know what it was formerly.
"After the massive renovations, the old neighborhood was completely unrecognizable." - 2
Impossible to perceive clearly or make out due to poor quality, damage, or obscurity.
"His signature on the damaged document was completely unrecognizable."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix un- (meaning not) combined with recognizable, which stems from the Late Latin recognoscere (to know again, recognize). The term developed in the late 17th century to describe things or persons altered beyond the point of identification.
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méconnaissable
Transliteration: mey-ko-nay-sah-bluh
"La ville est devenue méconnaissable après toutes ces années."
unkenntlich
Transliteration: oon-kent-likh
"Das Gebäude war nach dem Brand völlig unkenntlich."
irreconoscibile
Transliteration: ir-re-co-no-sci-bi-le
"Era quasi irreconoscibile con quel nuovo taglio di capelli."
irreconocible
Transliteration: i-rre-co-no-ci-ble
"El paisaje quedó irreconocible tras la tormenta."
irreconhecível
Transliteration: i-ʁe-ko-ny-se-vaw
"Ele estava irreconhecível com a barba grande."
पहचानने योग्य नहीं
Transliteration: pehchaanne yogya nahi
"सालों बाद शहर पूरी तरह से पहचानने योग्य नहीं बचा था।"
认不出来的
Transliteration: rèn bù chūlái de
"这座城市变化得让人认不出来了。"
알아볼 수 없는
Transliteration: arabol su eopsneun
"그의 얼굴은 사고로 인해 알아볼 수 없을 정도였다."
見分けがつかない
Transliteration: miwake ga tsukanai
"その町は昔とは見分けがつかないほど変わっていた。"
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