Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouldable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: mould-able
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be moulded; plastic

British usage

Example Sentences

"The differences of impressible and not impressible; figurable and not figurable; mouldable and not mouldable; scissile and not scissile; and many other passions of matter, are plebeian notions, applied unto the instruments and uses which men ordinarily practise; but they are all but the effects of some of these causes following, which we will enumerate without applying them, because that would be too long."

Etymology

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

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more mouldable (comparative) most mouldable (superlative) moldable (alternative)

Derived Forms

unmouldable

Questions

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

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