unpronounceableadjective
uk/ˌʌn.prəˈnaʊn.sə.bəl/us/ˌʌn.prəˈnaʊn.sə.bəl/difficult to say or (of something written) difficult to know how to say:
Scotch whiskies have great character and unpronounceable names, like Bruichladdich.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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