"communicable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more communicable [comparative], most communicable [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|communicable}} Old French communicable, {{uder|en|la|communicabilis}} Latin communicabilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} communicable (comparative more communicable, superlative most communicable)
  1. (epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals. Categories (topical): Epidemiology Synonyms: transmissible, spreadable, catching Hyponyms: contagious Translations (able to be transmitted between people or species): přenosný (Czech), communicable (French), communiquable (French), comunicable (Galician), μεταδόσιμος (metadósimos) [masculine] (Greek), μεταδοτικός (metadotikós) [masculine] (Greek), fertőző (Hungarian), ragályos (Hungarian), trasmissibile (Italian), 伝染性の (densensei no) (Japanese), berjangkit (Malay), comunicable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-communicable-en-adj-b2FBWR2X Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'able to be transmitted between people or species': 97 2 1
  2. Readily communicated.
    Sense id: en-communicable-en-adj-2nzwnMcn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 56 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 71 4
  3. Talkative or expansive.
    Sense id: en-communicable-en-adj-UtjoMNhW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: communicable disease, communicable scale, noncommunicable Related terms: communicability

Adjective [French]

IPA: /kɔ.my.ni.kabl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-communicable.wav Forms: communicables [plural]
Etymology: From communiquer + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|communiquer|-able}} communiquer + -able Head templates: {{fr-adj}} communicable (plural communicables)
  1. communicable
    Sense id: en-communicable-fr-adj-ySDLNpDF Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -able

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "able to be transmitted between people or species",
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      "sense": "able to be transmitted between people or species",
      "word": "trasmissibile"
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