forgettable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English forget Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English forgettable From forget + -able.
Meanings
- Possible to be forgotten.
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Easily forgotten; not special or notable.
Barthes describes the punctum (the nonconnotative or denotative meaning) of the photograph (or movie still) in such a manner; the detail relevant or not relevant to the image's overall meaning becomes the focus of an otherwise forgettable picture […]
2012, Jeff Rice, Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and Space in the Age of the Network, page 160:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most forgettable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more forgettable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (25)
nl vergetelijk (easily forgotten) · eo forgesebla (easily forgotten) · gl esquecíbel (easily forgotten) · hu felejthető (easily forgotten) · de vergessbar (easily forgotten) · pt olvidável (easily forgotten) · it dimenticabile (easily forgotten) · gl esquecible (easily forgotten) · sv förglömlig (easily forgotten) · fr oubliable (easily forgotten) · pt esquecível (easily forgotten) · cy anghofiadwy (easily forgotten) · is gleymanleg (easily forgotten) · es olvidable (easily forgotten) · fi helposti unohtuva (easily forgotten) · ca oblidable (easily forgotten) · pl słabo zapadający w pamięć (easily forgotten) · cmn 不起眼兒 /不起眼儿 (easily forgotten) · ru забыва́емый (easily forgotten) · cmn 讓人印象不深的 /让人印象不深的 (easily forgotten) · la immemorabilis (easily forgotten) · sq i harrueshëm (easily forgotten) · it scordevole (easily forgotten) · hu feledhető (easily forgotten) · tr unutulabilir (easily forgotten)