Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bridgeable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
bridge-able
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be spanned by, or as if by, a bridge.

adj

Possible to reconcile.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more bridgeable (comparative) most bridgeable (superlative) bridgable (alternative)

Questions

What does bridgeable mean?
Able to be spanned by, or as if by, a bridge.
Where does bridgeable come from?
Etymology tree English bridge Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bridgeable From bridge + -able.

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