Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skiable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: ski-able
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be skied on; having conditions amenable to skiing.

Example Sentences

"The new snow on the mountain was extremely skiable."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more skiable (comparative) most skiable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unskiable

Frequently Paired Words

ski

Questions

What does skiable mean?: Able to be skied on; having conditions amenable to skiing.
Where does skiable come from?: Etymology tree English ski Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English skiable From ski + -able.

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