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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fathomable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfæðəməbəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈfæðməbəl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. able to be fathomed
    • The mystery was finally fathomable after years of research.
    • The meaning of the poem is easily fathomable with context.
    • His motives were barely fathomable to his friends.

Forms

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more fathomable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most fathomable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

unfathomable

Deriveds

fathomableness

Relateds

fathom

Translations (8)

gv so-feaysley (possible to understand) · ru постижимый (possible to understand) · gv so-huntal (possible to understand) · sv förståelig (possible to understand) · sv begriplig (possible to understand) · fr compréhensible (possible to understand) · fi ymmärrettävä (possible to understand) · da begribelig (possible to understand)