Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transposable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: trans-pos-able
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

able to be transposed (in any sense)

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

transposableness

Phrases

transposable element

Synonyms

permutable

Questions

What does transposable mean?: able to be transposed (in any sense)
Where does transposable come from?: Etymology tree English transpose Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English transposable From transpose + -able.

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