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pregnable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
preg-nable
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

vulnerable to attack

Etymology

From Middle English parnable, pernable, preignable, prenable, from Old French; compare Anglo-Norman pernable; Continental French prenable, pregnauble.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pregnable (comparative) most pregnable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unpregnable

Antonyms

impregnable

Questions

What does pregnable mean?
vulnerable to attack
Where does pregnable come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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