Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perspirable

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-spirable
IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being perspired.

adj

Emitting perspiration; perspiring.

Example Sentences

"electrics will not commonly attract, except they grow hot, or become perspirable"
"children likewise are not hairy , for that their skins are more perspirable"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Latin perspīrō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin perspīrābilisbor. English perspirable Borrowed from Latin perspīrābilis. By surface analysis, perspire + -able.

Inflected Forms

more perspirable (comparative) most perspirable (superlative)

Derived Forms

imperspirable unperspirable

Questions

How do you pronounce perspirable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɜː(ɹ)spɪɹəbəl/.
What does perspirable mean?: Capable of being perspired.
Where does perspirable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Latin perspīrō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin perspīrābilisbor. English perspirable Borrowed from Latin perspīrābilis. By surface analysis, perspire + -able.

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