Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

openable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
open-able
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being opened.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-Germanic *upanaz Proto-West Germanic *opan Old English open Middle English open English open Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English openable From open + -able.

Inflected Forms

more openable (comparative) most openable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unopenable

Questions

What does openable mean?
Capable of being opened.
Where does openable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-Germanic *upanaz Proto-West Germanic *opan Old English open Middle English open English open Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English openable From open + -able.

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