Lexic.us

Definition of Translatable

1. Adjective. Capable of being put into another form or style or language. "His books are eminently translatable"

2. Adjective. Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy. "Ideas translatable into reality"

Definition of Translatable

1. a. Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language.

Definition of Translatable

1. Adjective. Capable of being translated into another language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Translatable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Translatable

transitivities transitivity transitivize transitorily transitoriness transitory transits transitted transitting transjugular

transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt transketolase transketolases transketolation translatability translatable (current term) translate translateable translated translates

translatese translating translating dictionaries translating dictionary translating program translation translation dictionaries translation dictionary translation studies translational

Literary usage of Translatable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Life and Adventures of Colonel Maceroni by Francis Maceroni (1838)
"understand the expression, which is not translatable, although it bears a coarse analogy to the intent of our word fudge ! or humbug. ..."

2. The Book of Table-talk by Charles MacFarlane, James Robinson Planché (1836)
"translatable PUNS. ADDISON has given an excellent test by which we may know whether a piece of real wit has been achieved, 01* merely a pun perpetrated. ..."

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