Untranslatable
One untranslatable word a day
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Japanese has a word for sunlight through leaves. Portuguese has one for missing someone you may never see again. Meet a word English never made — every morning.
One word a day from another language that English never bothered to name.
Japanese has a word for the dappled light that falls through leaves: komorebi. Portuguese has one for the ache of missing someone you may never see again: saudade. Danish has hygge, Tagalog has gigil, Inuktitut has iktsuarpok. English has… a whole sentence, and a shrug.
Untranslatable brings you one of these words every morning — beautifully typeset, with everything you need to fall in love with it:
• MEANING — what the word really captures, and why a whole culture needed to name it.
• ORIGINS — where it comes from, root by root.
• PRONUNCIATION — tap to hear it spoken in its own language.
• A USAGE EXAMPLE — see it living in a real sentence.
ADOPT THE ONES YOU LOVE
Found a word you can't live without? Adopt it into your personal Lexicon and say it out loud any time. Your Passport quietly stamps every word you've met and every language you've visited, and a gentle reading streak keeps you coming back.
MADE FOR SAVOURING
• A calm, literary design with a serif made for reading.
• A home-screen widget showing today's word.
• A morning notification that opens with tomorrow's curiosity — never a nag.
• Beautiful share cards for the words worth passing on.
NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. NO TRACKING.
Untranslatable asks for nothing and keeps nothing. Your streak and your lexicon live only on your device.
Some feelings only exist once someone gives them a name. Come collect them.
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Information
- Seller
- Yiwen Luo
- Size
- 13.4 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.1 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yiwen Luo