Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spoilable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spoil-able
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Liable to spoil or go bad.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English spoilable From spoil + -able.

Inflected Forms

more spoilable (comparative) most spoilable (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

spoilability

Synonyms

decayable putrescible putrefiable perishable

Antonyms

nonspoilable unspoilable

Questions

What does spoilable mean?: Liable to spoil or go bad.
Where does spoilable come from?: Etymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English spoilable From spoil + -able.

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