Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncontainable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
un-con-tain-able
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That cannot be contained.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. Middle English conteinen English contain Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English containable English uncontainable From un- + containable.

Inflected Forms

more uncontainable (comparative) most uncontainable (superlative)

Derived Forms

Antonyms

Questions

What does uncontainable mean?
That cannot be contained.
Where does uncontainable come from?
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. Middle English conteinen English contain Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English containable English uncontainable From un- + containable.

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