Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machinable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: machin-able
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be made or modified by machine.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English machinable From machine + -able.

Inflected Forms

more machinable (comparative) most machinable (superlative) machineable (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonmachinable unmachinable

Questions

What does machinable mean?: Able to be made or modified by machine.
Where does machinable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English machinable From machine + -able.

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