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sayable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈseɪəbəl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Capable of being pronounced or uttered; articulable.
    • Rimbaud is the enfant terrible who burns through the sayable; Oppen is the poet of the left whose quiet is a sign of commitment. 2015, Ben Lerner, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 38, number 12:

Forms

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most sayable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more sayable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unsayable · sayableness

Translations (4)

fr dicible (capable of being said) · ca dicible (capable of being said) · pt dizível (capable of being said) · es decible (capable of being said)

sayable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈseɪəbəl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. That which can be said.
    • On the other hand, verbs indicate incomplete sayables – predicates – that are related to actions and undergoing of actions. 2015, Ana María Mora-Marquez, The Thirteenth-Century Notion of Signification, page 113:

Forms

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sayables Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

es decible (that which can be said) · fr dicible (that which can be said)