inarticulate

English

Etymology

From Latin inarticulatus and from in- +‎ articulate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪn.ɑɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪn.ɑːˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/
• Hyphenation: in‧ar‧tic‧u‧late

Adjective

inarticulate (comparative more inarticulate, superlative most inarticulate)

1. (of speech) not articulated in normal words.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 274:

     Major Johnstone strove to speak, but the words died in an inarticulate gurgle low in his throat; and Evelyn had only time to start from his knee, and save the dying man from falling to the earth.

2. speechless
3. unable to speak with any clarity
4. (biology) not having joints or other articulations

Translations

not articulated in normal words

• Bulgarian: неразбираем (bg) (nerazbiraem)
• Russian: невня́тный (ru) (nevnjátnyj), неразбо́рчивый (ru) (nerazbórčivyj), нечленоразде́льный (ru) (nečlenorazdélʹnyj)

speechless

• Bulgarian: безмълвен (bg) (bezmǎlven)
• German: sprachlos (de), unfähig zu sprechen
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fåmælt, ute av stand til å si noe

• Russian: безмо́лвный (ru) (bezmólvnyj)

unable to speak with clarity

• Bulgarian: нечленоразделен (nečlenorazdelen)
• German: undeutlich (de), unartikuliert
• Greek: άναρθρος (el) (ánarthros)
• Irish: amhlabhrach
• Maori: pakoki, ngau, nanu

not having joints or other articulations

• Bulgarian: несъчленен (nesǎčlenen)
• German: gliederlos
• Manx: neuoltagh

Noun

inarticulate (plural inarticulates)

1. (zoology) An animal belonging to the subphylum Inarticulata.