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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mistakable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /mɪˈsteɪkəbəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood.
    • Frankie "Its okay Chunk. Any of us could've made that mistake, right guys?" Pipsqueak/Num Nuns "uh huh" / "of course" Mr. Squiggles "Absolutely mistakable." 2017, “If Wishes Were Rainbows”, in The ZhuZhus:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more mistakable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
mistakeable alternative lexicographic
most mistakable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

distinct · clear

Deriveds

mistakably

Synonyms

confusing

Translations (5)

hu félreérthető (possible to be mistaken or misunderstood) · ja 紛らわしい (possible to be mistaken or misunderstood) · el παρεξηγήσιμος (possible to be mistaken or misunderstood) · de verwirrend (possible to be mistaken or misunderstood) · de missverständlich (possible to be mistaken or misunderstood)