Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

debateable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
de-bate-able
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic spelling of debatable.

Archaic

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

more debateable (comparative) most debateable (superlative)

Questions

What does debateable mean?
Archaic spelling of debatable.
Where does debateable come from?
Etymology tree English debate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English debateable From debate + -able.

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