Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metabolizable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: me-tab-o-liz-able
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be metabolized

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more metabolizable (comparative) most metabolizable (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonmetabolizable unmetabolizable

Questions

What does metabolizable mean?: Able to be metabolized
Where does metabolizable come from?: Etymology tree English metabolize Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English metabolizable From metabolize + -able.

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