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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

acquirable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkwaɪɹ.ə.bəl/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /əˈkwaɪ.ɹə.bəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English acquire Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English acquirable From acquire + -able.

Meanings

  1. Capable of being acquired.
    • I had to limit my shopping list to items I knew would be acquirable at short notice.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more acquirable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most acquirable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unacquirable · nonacquirable

Translations (6)

es adquirible (capable of being acquired) · pt adquirível (capable of being acquired) · fr acquérable (capable of being acquired) · it acquisibile (capable of being acquired) · mk набавлив (capable of being acquired) · ca adquirible (capable of being acquired)