Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shippable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: ship-pable
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be shipped.

adj

Able to be shipped; desirable for shipping.

Slang

noun

Something that can be shipped.

Etymology

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

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

shippables (plural)

Derived Forms

unshippable

Questions

What does shippable mean?: Able to be shipped.
Where does shippable come from?: Etymology tree English ship Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English shippable From ship + -able.

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