Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inscribable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-scrib-able
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That can be inscribed; whose vertices all lie on a sphere.

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

Questions

What does inscribable mean?
That can be inscribed; whose vertices all lie on a sphere.
Where does inscribable come from?
Etymology tree English inscribe Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English inscribable From inscribe + -able.

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