recognizable
/ɹˌɛkəɡnˈaɪzəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Able to be recognized.
Example Sentences
- "Pidgin is a combination of expressions and phrases that are recognizable to those who speak it. To non-Pidgin speakers, it may sound like slang. For example, “dat” means that and “fadda” means father or dad."
- "This variation is strikingly similar to the Work’s so-called “ballooned droplet” within the circle. The figure in the Work is slightly more bulbous, but it is instantly recognizable as a quotation mark."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cognize English recognize Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English recognizable From recognize + -able.
Inflected Forms
more recognizable (comparative)
most recognizable (superlative)
recognizeable (alternative)
recognisable (alternative)
recogniseable (alternative)