Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolongable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-longable
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being prolonged, extended, or lengthened.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more prolongable (comparative) most prolongable (superlative)

Questions

What does prolongable mean?: Capable of being prolonged, extended, or lengthened.
Where does prolongable come from?: Etymology tree English prolong Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English prolongable From prolong + -able.

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