Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

definable

[dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: de-fin-able
IPA: [dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ]

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be defined.

Example Sentences

"Many words are definable by using other words."
"He speaks to an audience definable not by its size nor even by its color but by its intellectual jazzhead zeal, and if he sometimes appears to be speaking only to himself, so be it; few people I know have the fervor for anything to match Mackey’s for jazz."

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

British English: [dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ]

Inflected Forms

more definable (comparative) most definable (superlative)

Derived Forms

definably interdefinable nondefinable

Phrases

user-definable

Frequently Paired Words

definability

Antonyms

undefinable indefinable

Rhymes With

indefinable combinable

Questions

How do you pronounce definable?: The recorded pronunciation is [dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ].
What does definable mean?: Able to be defined.
Where does definable come from?: Etymology tree English define Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English definable From define + -able.

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