"gradable" meaning in All languages combined

See gradable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪdəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gradable.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: grade + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grade|able}} grade + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gradable (not comparable)
  1. Able to form degrees or grades Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gradable-en-adj--oOk0LVU Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 32 27 34 6
  2. (linguistics, of a word or phrase) Able to occur in varying degrees; able to be inflected or modified to express degrees of meaning. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: comparable Translations (grammar: able to occur in degrees): stupňovatelný (Czech), suhteellinen (Finnish), gradable (French), comparable (French), steigerbar (German), steigerungsfähig (German), graduierbar (German), komparierbar (German), fokozható (Hungarian), stopniowalny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-gradable-en-adj-zTFAa9DY Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 32 27 34 6 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: able to occur in degrees': 26 55 19
  3. steep, but still able to be climbed by a motor vehicle Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gradable-en-adj-mN-vKQLA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 27 46 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 32 27 34 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gradability, gradable antonym, non-gradable

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪdəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gradable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gradables [plural]
Etymology: grade + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grade|able}} grade + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} gradable (plural gradables)
  1. (linguistics) A word that can be inflected to specify the degree or grade of something. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-gradable-en-noun-e4ADwwmm Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gradable meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)

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