Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cleavable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: cleav-able
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being cleaved.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more cleavable (comparative) most cleavable (superlative)

Derived Forms

autocleavable biocleavable noncleavable photocleavable recleavable uncleavable

Questions

What does cleavable mean?: Capable of being cleaved.
Where does cleavable come from?: Etymology tree English cleave Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English cleavable From cleave + -able.

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