Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cancellable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: can-cellable
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Which can be cancelled.

Example Sentences

"This commitment is not cancellable."
"Originally a cab signal only, it had been modified to give a gradual brake application, cancellable by the driver."

Etymology

Etymology tree ▲ Old French cancelerbor. Anglo-Norman cancelerbor. Middle English cancellen English cancel Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English cancellable From cancel + -able.

Inflected Forms

more cancellable (comparative) most cancellable (superlative)

Derived Forms

uncancellable

Questions

What does cancellable mean?: Which can be cancelled.
Where does cancellable come from?: Etymology tree ▲ Old French cancelerbor. Anglo-Norman cancelerbor. Middle English cancellen English cancel Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English cancellable From cancel + -able.

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