Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polishable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pol-ish-able
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That can be polished.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more polishable (comparative) most polishable (superlative)

Derived Forms

polishability unpolishable

Frequently Paired Words

polish polished polisher polishing

Questions

What does polishable mean?: That can be polished.
Where does polishable come from?: Etymology tree English polish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English polishable From polish + -able.

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