Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

representable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: rep-re-sentable
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being represented.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English presend English -t English present English represent Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English representable From represent + -able.

Inflected Forms

more representable (comparative) most representable (superlative)

Derived Forms

irrepresentable nonrepresentable representability unrepresentable

Phrases

representable functor

Questions

What does representable mean?: Capable of being represented.
Where does representable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English presend English -t English present English represent Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English representable From represent + -able.

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