Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compatible

/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: com-pat-i-ble
IPA: /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of working together without conflict.

adj

Able to get along well.

adj

Consistent; congruous.

noun

Something that is compatible with something else.

Example Sentences

"This printer isn't compatible with my computer."
"My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert."
"His actions were compatible with his sermons."
"She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry."
"a computer company that sells IBM compatibles"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English compatible, fron Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: compatible, compatibilis, compator

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/
British English: /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/

Inflected Forms

more compatible (comparative) most compatible (superlative) compatibles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

compassion compatibility

Synonyms

compliant congruent in step commensurate compatible conformable conformant congruous consistent in line proportionate uniform

Antonyms

incompatible noncompatible

Rhymes With

incompatible

Questions

How do you pronounce compatible?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/.
What does compatible mean?: Capable of working together without conflict.
Where does compatible come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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