communicable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis.
Meanings
-
(of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
(but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
- Readily communicated.
- Talkative or expansive.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more communicable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most communicable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
incommunicable · ineffable · nontransmissible · noncommunicable
Deriveds
uncommunicable · communicable disease · communicably · intercommunicable · noncommunicable · communicableness · communicable scale
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
spreadable · transmissible · catching
Translations (16)
it trasmissibile (able to be transmitted between people or species) · gl comunicable (able to be transmitted between people or species) · fr communiquable (able to be transmitted between people or species) · ms berjangkit (able to be transmitted between people or species) · el μεταδόσιμος (able to be transmitted between people or species) · ca comunicable (able to be transmitted between people or species) · pl komunikowalny (able to be transmitted between people or species) · hu ragályos (able to be transmitted between people or species) · id menular (able to be transmitted between people or species) · es comunicable (able to be transmitted between people or species) · hu fertőző (able to be transmitted between people or species) · ja 伝染性の (able to be transmitted between people or species) · el μεταδοτικός (able to be transmitted between people or species) · id berjangkit (able to be transmitted between people or species) · fr communicable (able to be transmitted between people or species) · cs přenosný (able to be transmitted between people or species)