different between inexplicable vs unutterable

English

Etymology

From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplic?bilis, from in- (“not”) +? explic?bilis (“explicable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.?k?spl?.k?.bl?/, /?n??k.spl?.k?.b?l/

Adjective

inexplicable (comparative more inexplicable, superlative most inexplicable)

1. Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

   Synonyms: inexplainable, unexplainable, insoluble; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

   Antonyms: explicable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.?ks.pli?ka.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.eks.pli?ka.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

inexplicable (masculine and feminine plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

• “inexplicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexplicable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexplicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis; synchronically, in- +? explicable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?k.spli.kabl/

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablement

Further reading

• “inexplicable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• inexplicábel

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Adjective

inexplicable m or f (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inexplic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ine?spli?kable/, [i.ne??s.pli?ka.??le]

Adjective

inexplicable (plural inexplicables)

1. inexplicable, unexplainable

   Antonym: explicable

Derived terms

• inexplicablemente

English

Etymology

From un- +? utterable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??t(?)??bl?/, /?n??t(?)??b?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n??t??bl?/, /??n??t??b?l/, [??n????.??bl?]

Adjective

unutterable (comparative more unutterable, superlative most unutterable)

1. Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 11, lines 3-8,^[1]

     Prevenient grace descending had removed

     The stony from their hearts, and made new flesh

     Regenerate grow instead; that sighs now breathed

     Unutterable; which the Spirit of prayer

     Inspired, and winged for Heaven with speedier flight

     Than loudest oratory: […]

   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Chapter 20,^[2]

     […] he was caressed by all the people in the neighbourhood, who, while they admired his accomplishments, could not help pitying his infatuated mother, for being deprived of that unutterable delight which any other parent would have enjoyed in the contemplation of such an amiable son.

   • 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, Chapter 12,^[3]

     […] in this manner, Anne walking by her side, and Charles attending to his wife, they set forward, treading back with feelings unutterable, the ground, which so lately, so very lately, and so light of heart, they had passed along.

   • 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter 17,^[4]

     How often have I seen him, intent upon a match at marbles or pegtop, looking on with a face of unutterable interest, and hardly breathing at the critical times!

   • 1964, Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel lecture, Oslo, Norway, 11 December, 1964, cited in Suzy Platt (ed.), Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations Requested from the Congressional Research Service, Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989,^[5]

     Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.

   Synonyms: inexpressible, ineffable, unspeakable; see also Thesaurus:indescribable

2. Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable.

Derived terms

• unutterableness
• unutterably

Translations

Anagrams

• enturbulate