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traceable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl] (US, sometimes)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Capable of being traced; possible to track down.
   • Homosexuality is easily traceable in India. Dubois referred to houses devoted to male prostitution, with men dressed as women, and imitating the ways of women. 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
   • The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable. 1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:
   • The source of this characteristic is easily traceable to the wrestlerlike postures of the typical round-volumed sculptures. 1988, J. Halley Cox, William H. Davenport, Hawaiian Sculpture: Revised Edition, page 96:
   • There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.
   • For those who do not have the money, as well as for those who are reluctant to commit any potentially traceable act of positive support, the boycott serves our purpose well. 1978 February 11, Donald Cameron Scot, “Controversy and Boycott Must Continue”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 31, page 5:
2. (not-comparable) Containing a Hamiltonian path.

Forms

Antonyms

untraceable · nontraceable

Deriveds

traceably · traceableness · hypotraceable · traceability

Translations (5)

bg проследим (capable of being traced; possible to track down) · ro care poate fi trasat (capable of being traced; possible to track down) · ro reperabil (capable of being traced; possible to track down) · ro trasabil (capable of being traced; possible to track down) · de nachvollziehbar (capable of being traced; possible to track down)