Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irrigable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: ir-ri-ga-ble
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be irrigated.

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

nonirrigable

Frequently Paired Words

irrigably

Questions

What does irrigable mean?: Able to be irrigated.
Where does irrigable come from?: Etymology tree English irrigate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English irrigable From irrigate + -able.

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