Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depreciable

/dɪpɹˈɪʃəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: de-pre-cia-ble
IPA: /dɪpɹˈɪʃəbəl/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be depreciated.

Example Sentences

"When my turn came, I said, “Mr. President, I know you’re interested in tax reform because when you were an actor, the marginal tax rate was 90 percent — and Mr. President, I’m interested in tax reform because when I was a basketball player, I was a depreciable asset.”"

Etymology

From French dépréciable.

Questions

How do you pronounce depreciable?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪpɹˈɪʃəbəl/.
What does depreciable mean?: Able to be depreciated.
Where does depreciable come from?: From French dépréciable.

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