Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dowable

/ˈdaʊəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dow-able
IPA: /ˈdaʊəbəl/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being endowed.

adj

Entitled to dower.

Example Sentences

"all wives would have become dowable of such lands as were held to the use of their husbands"

Etymology

From Middle French dowable; equivalent to dow + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: dowable
Suffix: dow

Questions

How do you pronounce dowable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaʊəbəl/.
What does dowable mean?: Capable of being endowed.
Where does dowable come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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