Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commensurable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: com-men-su-rable
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be measured using a common standard.

adj

Related in size or scale; commensurate or proportionate.

adj

(of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number ᵂᴾ

Example Sentences

"A yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches."
"His salary is commensurable to his ability."
"The numbers 12 and 18 are commensurable, as both are divisible by 6, while 12 and 19 are incommensurable."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Latin commensurabilis (“having a common measure”) in 1550s, from Latin com- (“with”) + mensurabilis (“measurable”). Equivalent to com- + mensurable.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: com
Root: commensurabilis, com-

Inflected Forms

more commensurable (comparative) most commensurable (superlative)

Derived Forms

commensurableness commensurably noncommensurable uncommensurable

Antonyms

incommensurable

Questions

What does commensurable mean?: Able to be measured using a common standard.
Where does commensurable come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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