English-French translations for untranslatable

• intraduisible
  Montaigne disait que la plupart des maux dont souffrait le monde étaient dus à l'"ânerie", terme intraduisible vers l'espagnol, qui vient du mot âne. Montaigne said that most of the ills of the world resulted from 'ânerie' , a word which is untranslatable into Spanish, but which is related to 'ass' .

Definition of untranslatable

• Not able to be translated
• A word or phrase that is impossible to translate satisfactorily from one language to another

Examples

• They referred to de Gaulle as a chienlit, a totally untranslatable term that suggests defecation in bed.

Related words

• untranslated
• untranslatability
• untranslatableness