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untransliteratable

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ transliteratable.

Adjective

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untransliteratable (not comparable)

  1. (rare) That cannot be transliterated.
    • 1947, Blackwood's Magazine, Countryside Tales from "Blackwood", page 284:
      [] most probably all three are courageous but not very successful attempts to transliterate the bird's creaking and almost untransliteratable call.