Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

divorceable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-vorce-able
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to divorce.

adj

That can be divorced (separated, e.g. conceptually); separable.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

divorcible (alternative)

Derived Forms

undivorceable

Questions

What does divorceable mean?: Able to divorce.
Where does divorceable come from?: Etymology tree English divorce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English divorceable From divorce + -able.

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