Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guardable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
guard-able
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That may be guarded.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more guardable (comparative) most guardable (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does guardable mean?
That may be guarded.
Where does guardable come from?
Etymology tree English guard Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English guardable From guard + -able.

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