Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

traversable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
tra-vers-a-ble
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be traversed.

noun

Any object that can be navigated by traversal.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more traversable (comparative) most traversable (superlative) traversables (plural)

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Questions

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

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