Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retrievable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
re-triev-able
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being retrieved or recovered.

adj

From which recovery is possible.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more retrievable (comparative) most retrievable (superlative)

Derived Forms

irretrievable unretrievable

Frequently Paired Words

retrievability retrievableness retrievably

Questions

What does retrievable mean?
Capable of being retrieved or recovered.
Where does retrievable come from?
Etymology tree English retrieve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English retrievable From retrieve + -able.

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