"decipherable" meaning in English

See decipherable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [dɪˈsaɪfəɹəbəɫ] [UK] Forms: more decipherable [comparative], most decipherable [superlative]
Etymology: From decipher + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|en|decipher|-able}} decipher + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} decipherable (comparative more decipherable, superlative most decipherable)
  1. that can be deciphered, understood or comprehended Derived forms: decipherably Translations (that can be deciphered): deĉifrebla (Esperanto), déchiffrable (French), decifrabile (Italian), so-lhaih (Manx), yn-lhaih (Manx), descifrabil [masculine, neuter] (Romanian)
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