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preventable

/pɹɪvˈɛntəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
pre-ventable
IPA
/pɹɪvˈɛntəbəl/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being prevented.

noun

Something that can be prevented.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more preventable (comparative) most preventable (superlative) preventible (alternative) preventables (plural)

Derived Forms

chemopreventable immunopreventable impreventable nonpreventable preventableness preventably unpreventable

Rhymes With

presentable lamentable rentable augmentable

Questions

How do you pronounce preventable?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɪvˈɛntəbəl/.
What does preventable mean?
Capable of being prevented.
Where does preventable come from?
Etymology tree English prevent Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English preventable From prevent + -able.

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