Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disciplinable

/ˈdɪsɪplɪnəb(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-ci-plin-able
IPA: /ˈdɪsɪplɪnəb(ə)l/

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.

adj

For which one is liable to be disciplined or punished.

adj

Relating to discipline; disciplinary.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Plato affirmeth, that melancholy minds are more excellent and disciplinable; So are there none more inclinable unto follie."
"a disciplinable offence"

Etymology

From discipline + -able and from Latin disciplinabilis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: discipline

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈdɪsɪplɪnəb(ə)l/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more disciplinable (comparative) most disciplinable (superlative)

Derived Forms

disciplinableness indisciplinable undisciplinable

Synonyms

docile educatable instructible teachable tutorable castigable chastisable disciplinable penal punishable statutable subpenal

Questions

How do you pronounce disciplinable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪsɪplɪnəb(ə)l/.
What does disciplinable mean?: That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.
Where does disciplinable come from?: From discipline + -able and from Latin disciplinabilis.

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