How do you pronounce allowable?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/.

Where does allowable come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

allowable

/əˈlaʊ.əbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: al-low-able
IPA: /əˈlaʊ.əbəl/

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Meaning

adj

Appropriate; acceptable.

adj

Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.

adj

Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.

adj

Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.

adj

Praiseworthy.

Obsolete

noun

A permitted amount or activity.

Example Sentences

"And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]"
"New HISA regulations, implemented last month, include strict rules about withdrawal times and allowable medication levels on race day."

Etymology

From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer, equivalent to allow + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: allowable, alouable

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more allowable (comparative) most allowable (superlative) allowables (plural)

Derived Forms

allowableness allowably nonallowable unallowable

Synonyms

apposite proper allowable appropriate apropos apt comely commensurate correct decorous expedient felicitous

Rhymes With

unallowable