Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rationable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-tio-nable
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Suitable for being rationed.

adj

Synonym of rational or reasonable.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Stocks fell 60 percent in two months to 35000 tons of rationable meat."
"Instinctive drives are, in this sense, rationable; they are admitted, by the mature individual, to influence on his behavior only on condition of contributing to the going program of action."

Etymology

From ration + -able. Piecewise doublet of reasonable.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: racionable, ratiōnābilis
Suffix: ration

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more rationable (comparative) most rationable (superlative)

Derived Forms

rationably

Frequently Paired Words

rationability

Synonyms

rational or reasonable

Questions

What does rationable mean?: Suitable for being rationed.
Where does rationable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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