Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imaginable

/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: imag-in-able
IPA: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be imagined; conceivable.

adj

Able to be imagined; conceivable.

Example Sentences

"While running, they were exposed to the most hideous bespawling imaginable."
"By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters."
"Nevertheless, even if these forms do not directly go back to Lat. autumnus, influence of this word is imaginable."

Etymology

From Middle English ymaginable, from Latin imāginābilis; equivalent to imagine + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ymaginable, imāginābilis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
British English: /ɪˈmadʒɪnəbəl/

Inflected Forms

more imaginable (comparative) most imaginable (superlative)

Derived Forms

imaginableness imaginably inimaginable

Frequently Paired Words

imaginability

Synonyms

conceivable

Antonyms

unimaginable

Questions

How do you pronounce imaginable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/.
What does imaginable mean?: Able to be imagined; conceivable.
Where does imaginable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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