Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repressible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: re-press-ible
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being repressed, controlled, suppressed or limited.

Etymology

Etymology tree English repress Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English repressible From repress + -ible.

Inflected Forms

more repressible (comparative) most repressible (superlative)

Derived Forms

derepressible irrepressible repressibility

Synonyms

unrepressible

Antonyms

irrepressible

Questions

What does repressible mean?: Capable of being repressed, controlled, suppressed or limited.
Where does repressible come from?: Etymology tree English repress Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English repressible From repress + -ible.

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