inenarrable

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from French inénarrable, from Latin inēnārrābilis (“indescribable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ēnārrābilis (“describable, explainable”). Ēnārrābilis is derived from ēnārrāre + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); ēnārrāre is the present active infinitive of ēnārrō (“to explain in detail, expound”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out; thoroughly’)) + narrō (“to say; to relate, tell; to describe; to recount, report”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”)). The English word is analysable as in- +‎ enarrable. Compare ignorant and -able for the components. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɪnɪˈnæɹəb(ə)l/ Hyphenation: in‧e‧narr‧a‧ble === Adjective === inenarrable (comparative more inenarrable, superlative most inenarrable) (formal, literary) That cannot be told; indescribable, inexpressible, unspeakable. Synonyms: unnarratable; see also Thesaurus:indescribable Antonyms: (obsolete, rare) enarrable, explainable, expressible, narratable; see also Thesaurus:describable ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin inēnarrābilis. === Adjective === inenarrable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inenarrables) unspeakable, inenarrable === Further reading === “inenarrable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025