"describable" meaning in English

See describable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-describable.wav [US] Forms: more describable [comparative], most describable [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English describe Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English describable From describe + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|describe|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English describe Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English describable [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" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "ok", "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" : "describable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="describable"> From describe + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj}} describable (comparative more describable, superlative most describable)
  1. Capable of being described. Synonyms: articulable, describable, enunciable, expressible, pronounceable, sayable, speakable, utterable, verbalizable Derived forms: describableness, nondescribable Related terms: describability, comprehensible Translations (capable of being described): popsatelný [masculine] (Czech), descrivibile (Italian), enarrabile (Italian), yn-soilshaghey (Manx), descritível (Portuguese)
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