motorable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

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adj

Which can be traveled on by motor cars.

"During the Cultural Revolution, Taipai County built 44 roads, increasing the length of motorable road by 360 kilometers."
"And when finally I got to the end of the five-hour drive over the highest motorable pass in the world, it was to learn that the gompa in Hunder was closed."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English motorable From motor + -able.

more motorable (comparative) most motorable (superlative)

unmotorable

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