Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swimmable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: swimmable
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be swum in or across

Example Sentences

"Those efforts have helped the Hudson inch closer to the healthy, swimmable river that it was before industry sprouted along its banks."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more swimmable (comparative) most swimmable (superlative)

Derived Forms

swimmably unswimmable

Questions

What does swimmable mean?: Able to be swum in or across
Where does swimmable come from?: Etymology tree English swim Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English swimmable From swim + -able.

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