Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orientable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
ori-entable
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be oriented.

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

Antonyms

nonorientable non-orientable

Questions

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

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