treatable

/tɹˈitəbəl/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

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adj

adj

Dated

"In the 1980s, AIDS was not a treatable disease, and as a consequence the mortality rate at that time was very high."

From Middle English tretable, from treten (“treat”) and Old French traitable, Anglo-Norman tretable; equivalent to treat + -able.

more treatable (comparative) most treatable (superlative)

intreatable treatableness treatably

untreatable

unbeatable repeatable untreatable eatable

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How do you pronounce treatable?

The recorded pronunciation is /tɹˈitəbəl/.

What does treatable mean?

Able to be treated; not incurable.

Where does treatable come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce treatable

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