Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compensable

/kəmpˈɛnsəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: com-pens-able
IPA: /kəmpˈɛnsəbəl/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be compensated.

adj

Entitling one to compensation.

noun

That which is eligible for compensation.

Example Sentences

"compensable disease"
"Coalworker's pneumoconiosis is a compensable disease in various countries, and it is a preventable disease where the costs of its prevention are not shirked as externalities."

Etymology

Borrowed from French compensable; by surface analysis, compens(ate) + -able.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: compensable

Inflected Forms

more compensable (comparative) most compensable (superlative) compensables (plural)

Derived Forms

compensability compensably incompensable uncompensable

Frequently Paired Words

compensate reimbursable notifiable reportable

Synonyms

compensatable recompensable paying remunerative salaried stipendiary

Antonyms

incompensable irrecompensable uncompensable unrecompensable

Rhymes With

sensible indispensable reprehensible indefensible defensible comprehensible ostensible dispensable insensible

Questions

How do you pronounce compensable?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmpˈɛnsəbəl/.
What does compensable mean?: Able to be compensated.
Where does compensable come from?: It is traced to French.

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