Dictionary

disputable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/ (UK)
• /dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilislbor. English disputable Learned borrowing from Latin disputābilis. By surface analysis, dispute + -able.

Meanings

1. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

Forms

Deriveds

indisputable · disputableness · undisputable · disputably

Relateds

dispute · disputatious · disputant · disputation

Synonyms

controvertible

Translations (13)

hu vitás (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · hu vitatható (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · kk даулы (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · fr contestable (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · be спрэчны (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · hu kétségbevonható (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · ja 疑わしい (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · ru спорный (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · es disputable (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · uk спірний (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · bg спорен (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · hu kétséges (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) · ro disputabil (of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute)