Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishable

/ˈfɪʃəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: fish-able
IPA: /ˈfɪʃəbəl/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be fished legally

adj

Able to be fished in, able to be used for fishing

adj

Able to be used for fishing.

Example Sentences

"Even if it could be salvaged, it would have to almost entirely be remade before it was fishable again."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fishable From fish + -able.

Inflected Forms

more fishable (comparative) most fishable (superlative)

Antonyms

nonfishable unfishable

Questions

How do you pronounce fishable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪʃəbəl/.
What does fishable mean?: Able to be fished legally
Where does fishable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fishable From fish + -able.

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