ineffable
French, adjective/i.ne.fabl/
ineffable is spelled I-N-E-F-F-A-B-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ineffable is a French adjective meaning “ineffable (unable to be expressed in words)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne peut pas être exprimé par des paroles”.
What does ineffable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ineffable (unable to be expressed in words)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne peut pas être exprimé par des paroles. 2. Inqualifiable, inénarrable (en raison de son caractère ridicule).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ineffable
- ineffables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ineffable?
- /i.ne.fabl/
- \i.nɛ.fabl\
- \i.ne.fabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ineffable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ineffable in French?
ineffable appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).