Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pensionable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: pen-sion-able
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Eligible to receive a pension.

Example Sentences

"He could not sack me before I was pensionable, for fear of labour courts."

Etymology

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

Derived Forms

nonpensionable pensionably unpensionable

Questions

What does pensionable mean?: Eligible to receive a pension.
Where does pensionable come from?: Etymology tree English pension Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pensionable From pension + -able.

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