Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

popeable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: popeable
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thought to be among those likely to be elected pope; papabile; papable.

Example Sentences

"Vatican watchers have already anointed the Honduran prelate papabile or “popeable.”"
"In 2020, Edward Pentin, the senior Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Register, released a book on the topic, titled "The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates." In the book, Pentin listed 19 cardinals he considered to be papabile, or "popeable" frontrunners."

Etymology

Calque of Italian papabile, equivalent to pope + -able.

Inflected Forms

more popeable (comparative) most popeable (superlative)

Questions

What does popeable mean?: Thought to be among those likely to be elected pope; papabile; papable.
Where does popeable come from?: Calque of Italian papabile, equivalent to pope + -able.

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