definable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- [dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ] (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English define Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English definable From define + -able.
Meanings
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Able to be defined.
He speaks to an audience definable not by its size nor even by its color but by its intellectual jazzhead zeal, and if he sometimes appears to be speaking only to himself, so be it; few people I know have the fervor for anything to match Mackey’s for jazz.
2008 February 24, David Hajdu, “Jazz Man”, in New York Times:Many words are definable by using other words.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more definable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most definable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
definably · nondefinable · user-definable · interdefinable
Relateds
Translations (11)
nl definieerbaar (able to be defined) · fr définissable (able to be defined) · la dēfīnibilis (able to be defined) · de definierbar (able to be defined) · it definibile (able to be defined) · ca definible (able to be defined) · cs definovatelný (able to be defined) · pt definível (able to be defined) · es definible (able to be defined) · eo difinebla (able to be defined) · sk definovateľný (able to be defined)