Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

returnable

/ɹitˈɝnəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: re-turn-able
IPA: /ɹitˈɝnəbəl/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being returned.

noun

Something that can be returned.

Example Sentences

"We'll have to take our returnables in soon; we're running out of space."
"At last, as the discussion with the Flat-Earthers was becoming acrimonious, Ollie spoke up. “If you don’t believe it, Norton, that’s fine. I’ll tell you what to do. You go on out that front door and walk around to the back. There’s a great big pile of returnable beer and soda bottles there. Norm and Buddy and I put them out this morning. You bring back a couple of those bottles so we know you really went back there. You do that and I’ll personally take my shirt off and eat it.” […] But [Norton] didn’t take Ollie up on his offer to bring back a sampling of returnables from out back. None of them did."

Etymology

From Middle French retournable.

Inflected Forms

returnables (plural)

Derived Forms

irreturnable nonreturnable unreturnable

Rhymes With

discernible burnable

Questions

How do you pronounce returnable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹitˈɝnəbəl/.
What does returnable mean?: Capable of being returned.
Where does returnable come from?: From Middle French retournable.

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