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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deterrable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-terrable
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being deterred.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more deterrable (comparative) most deterrable (superlative)

Derived Forms

undeterrable

Questions

What does deterrable mean?
Capable of being deterred.
Where does deterrable come from?
Etymology tree Latin dēterreōbor. English deter Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English deterrable From deter + -able.

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