Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veritable

/ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: ver-i-ta-ble
IPA: /ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

As an intensifier: absolute, indisputable.

Example Sentences

"He is a veritable genius."
"A fair is a veritable smorgasbord."
"The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the veritable ideal of the Middle Ages."
"From 1748, a veritable troop of elocution experts declared war on Scots diction, providing inspirational lectures, books and yet more lists for diligent anglophiles to memorise."

Etymology

From verity + -able, from Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: *weh₁-, veritable, veritabilis
Suffix: verity

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/

Inflected Forms

more veritable (comparative) most veritable (superlative)

Derived Forms

veritableness veritably

Synonyms

authentic bona fide unquestionable regular

Questions

How do you pronounce veritable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/.
What does veritable mean?: True; genuine.
Where does veritable come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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