Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bankable

/ˈbæŋkəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: bank-able
IPA: /ˈbæŋkəbəl/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Acceptable to a bank.

adj

Certain to bring profit and success, especially in the entertainment industry.

adj

Example Sentences

"a bankable check"
"a bankable film star"
"The literary life evidently suits [Laura] Conrad, who for five years has lived in a fabulous truth-illusion netherworld as MTV’s most bankable reality-and-tabloid personality."
"Three of them—Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich—had contracts with Fox News that paid them handsomely to say outrageous and thus bankable things on a regular basis."

Etymology

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

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Finance.

Inflected Forms

more bankable (comparative) most bankable (superlative)

Derived Forms

bankability nonbankable unbankable

Questions

How do you pronounce bankable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæŋkəbəl/.
What does bankable mean?: Acceptable to a bank.
Where does bankable come from?: Etymology tree English bank Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bankable From bank + -able.

How to pronounce bankable

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “bankable”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈbæŋkəbəl/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “bankable”.
Repeat and practice — Say “bankable” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.