Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

procurable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: procur-able
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be procured.

Example Sentences

"One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable."
"The tunes Goldfaden drew from all sources procurable: from the Synagogue, from the Jewish, Ukrainian and Roumanian folk-song, taking also snatches rom French, Italian and Russian couplets, marches, operas and potpourris."

Etymology

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

Synonyms

obtainable gettable getable

Antonyms

unprocurable unobtainable

Questions

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

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