Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

performable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: per-formable
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be performed.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more performable (comparative) most performable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unperformable

Questions

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

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