Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

specifiable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: speci-fi-able
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be specified

Example Sentences

"Malament’s suggestion […] provides a striking example of how close the descriptive content of the two theories is in at least one precisely specifiable sense."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more specifiable (comparative) most specifiable (superlative)

Derived Forms

specifiably specifiability

Antonyms

unspecifiable

Questions

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

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