Definition of untranslatable
:unable to be translated :not translatable
- an untranslatable phrase
- a word untranslatable from German
- Those reflective undercurrents would seem to be untranslatable to the screen.
- —Mel Gussow
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untranslatability
play \ˌən-(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌlā-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē, -(ˌ)tranz-\ noun-
- … a revealing exposition of the untranslatability of a joke about weasels and tractors.
- —Brian Logan
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