Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transmissible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: trans-mis-si-ble
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be transmitted.

adj

Able to be transmitted.

adj

Able to transmit a disease; infectious, contagious.

Example Sentences

"(but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)"
"Because I think from a public health perspective, knowing that you are transmissible and going around transmitting, because sometimes that's not your main intention. I don't want to go around to transmit. But I think knowing that you are transmissible and still engaging in possible acts that might transmit the virus is an irresponsible thing to do."
"2026 April 23, Duncan Leatherdale, "Rapist who infected men and boys with HIV jailed" (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg98qjrllqo Bindloss said Hall had been "fully and repeatedly" warned about the infection risk he posed, yet chose to keep himself "transmissible" while lying about his status to sexual partners in a "significant degree of premeditation"."

Etymology

From Latin trānsmissus + -ible.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: trānsmissus

Derived Forms

intransmissible nontransmissible untransmissible

Phrases

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Synonyms

transmittable communicable spreadable catching contagious contractable ancestral hereditary patrimonial

Antonyms

nontransmissible noncommunicable

Questions

What does transmissible mean?: Able to be transmitted.
Where does transmissible come from?: From Latin trānsmissus + -ible.

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