Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comprehensible

/kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: com-pre-hen-si-ble
IPA: /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be comprehended.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilisbor. English comprehensible Borrowed from Latin comprehēnsibilis.

Inflected Forms

more comprehensible (comparative) most comprehensible (superlative)

Derived Forms

comprehensibleness comprehensibly intercomprehensible noncomprehensible uncomprehensible

Phrases

comprehensible input crystal clear

Frequently Paired Words

comprehend comprehensive crystal clear translucent transparent obvious describable

Synonyms

apprehensible clear intelligible understandable limpid comprehensible explainable explicable explicatable fathomable graspable illuminable

Antonyms

incomprehensible confusing

Rhymes With

sensible indispensable reprehensible indefensible defensible ostensible dispensable insensible compensable

Questions

How do you pronounce comprehensible?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/.
What does comprehensible mean?: Able to be comprehended.
Where does comprehensible come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilisbor. English comprehensible Borrowed from Latin comprehēnsibilis.

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