"singable" meaning in All languages combined

See singable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more singable [comparative], most singable [superlative]
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  1. Capable of being sung. Derived forms: singableness, singably, unsingable Translations (capable of being sung): تَلْحِينِيّ (talḥīniyy) (Arabic), غِنَائِيّ (ḡināʔiyy) (Arabic), cantable (Catalan), zazpívatelný (Czech), zpěvný (Czech), chantable (French), singbar (German), cantabile (Italian), cantável (Portuguese), cantable (Spanish)
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