unspoken

English

Etymology

un- +‎ spoken

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʌnˈspoʊkən/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

unspoken (not comparable)

(sometimes postpositive) Not spoken; not said.
(sometimes postpositive) Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.
The unspoken rule is to start a new pot of coffee when it is empty.
- 2013, Tina Marie Lees, Me‎:
  To melt with the sight of a smile that divulges the words unspoken.

Synonyms

(not spoken): unsaid
(not formally stated): unacknowledged
unwritten
implicit

Derived terms

Translations

not spoken; not said

Bulgarian: неизказан (bg) (neizkazan)
Czech: nevyřčený m
Danish: usagt
Finnish: sanomaton (fi)
French: non-dit (fr)
German: ungesagt
Greek:
Ancient: ἄρρητος (árrhētos)
Japanese: 無言の (ja) (mugon no), 暗黙の (ja) (ammoku no)
Latin: indictus
Russian: невы́сказанный (ru) (nevýskazannyj), невы́раженный (ru) (nevýražennyj)
Telugu: చెప్పని (ceppani)

not formally articulated or stated

Bulgarian: неписан (bg) (nepisan), негласен (bg) (neglasen)
Czech: nepsaný (cs) m
Finnish: julkilausumaton, kirjoittamaton (fi)
French: tacite (fr)
Latin: indictus
Russian: непи́саный (ru) (nepísanyj), негла́сный (ru) (neglásnyj)

Verb

unspoken

past participle of unspeak

Anagrams

neopunks

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