"expressible" meaning in English

See expressible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expressible.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more expressible [comparative], most expressible [superlative], expressable [alternative]
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  1. Able to be expressed. Synonyms: articulable, enunciable, pronounceable Derived forms: expressibly, nonexpressible, unexpressible Related terms: expressibility Translations (able to be expressed): expressable (Catalan), vyjádřitelný (Czech), esprimebla (Esperanto), exprimable (French), kifejezhető (Hungarian), yn-fockley (Manx), expressável (Portuguese), exprimível (Portuguese), exprimabil (Romanian), expresable (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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