Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shrinkable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
shrink-able
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being made to shrink.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more shrinkable (comparative) most shrinkable (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonshrinkable unshrinkable

Questions

What does shrinkable mean?
Capable of being made to shrink.
Where does shrinkable come from?
Etymology tree English shrink Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English shrinkable From shrink + -able.

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