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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pronounceable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin prōnūntiōbor. Old French prononcierbor. Middle English pronouncen English pronounce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pronounceable From pronounce + -able.

Meanings

  1. Capable of being distinctly pronounced in speech; enunciable.
    • And it's more pronounceable than a traditional keysmash—“as;ldfkjls”—so it can be said out loud. 2020 January 4, Zachary Jaggers, “3 Internet language trends from 2019, explained”, in Business Mirror, page A10:
  2. Capable of being expressed; sayable.

Forms

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more pronounceable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pronounceable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

unpronounceable

Deriveds

unpronounceable · pronounceably · pronounceableness · pronounceability

Translations (18)

gv yn-raa (able to be pronounced) · fr prononçable (able to be pronounced) · pt pronunciável (able to be pronounced) · ru произноси́мый (able to be pronounced) · gv yn-choraaghey (able to be pronounced) · gv yn-ockley magh (able to be pronounced) · fi äännettävä (able to be pronounced) · eo prononcebla (able to be pronounced) · gl pronunciable (able to be pronounced) · it pronunciabile (able to be pronounced) · ro pronunțabil (able to be pronounced) · fi äännettävissä oleva (able to be pronounced) · io pronuncebla (able to be pronounced) · es pronunciable (able to be pronounced) · bg произносим (able to be pronounced) · ca pronunciable (able to be pronounced) · gl pronunciábel (able to be pronounced) · pl wymawialny (able to be pronounced)