Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interdefinable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-de-fin-able
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be defined in terms of each other.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English define Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English definable English interdefinable From inter- + definable.

Derived Forms

Questions

What does interdefinable mean?
Able to be defined in terms of each other.
Where does interdefinable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English define Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English definable English interdefinable From inter- + definable.

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