"bridgeable" meaning in English

See bridgeable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more bridgeable [comparative], most bridgeable [superlative], bridgable [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English bridge Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bridgeable From bridge + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bridge|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English bridge Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bridgeable [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-dʰlom", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlis", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ābilis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-able", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bridgeable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bridgeable"> From bridge + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj}} bridgeable (comparative more bridgeable, superlative most bridgeable)
  1. Able to be spanned by, or as if by, a bridge. Translations (able to be spanned by, or as if by, a bridge): où un pont est possible (French), γεφυρώσιμος (gefyrósimos) [masculine] (Greek)
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  2. (figurative) Possible to reconcile. Tags: figuratively Translations (possible to reconcile): surmontable (French), remédiable (French), superable (Galician), superábel (Galician), γεφυρώσιμος (gefyrósimos) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-bridgeable-en-adj-xwndnE9R Disambiguation of 'possible to reconcile': 1 99

Alternative forms

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