"forgettable" meaning in English

See forgettable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forgettable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more forgettable [comparative], most forgettable [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛtəbəl Etymology: Etymology tree English forget 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 forgettable From forget + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|forget|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English forget 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 forgettable [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" : "forgettable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="forgettable"> From forget + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj}} forgettable (comparative more forgettable, superlative most forgettable)
  1. Possible to be forgotten.
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  2. Easily forgotten; not special or notable. Translations (easily forgotten): i harrueshëm (Albanian), oblidable (Catalan), 讓人印象不深的 /让人印象不深的 (ràng rén yìnxiàng bù shēn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不起眼兒 /不起眼儿 (bù qìyǎnr) (Chinese Mandarin), vergetelijk (Dutch), forgesebla (Esperanto), helposti unohtuva (Finnish), oubliable (French), esquecible (Galician), esquecíbel (Galician), vergessbar (German), felejthető (Hungarian), feledhető (Hungarian), gleymanleg (Icelandic), dimenticabile (Italian), scordevole (Italian), immemorabilis (Latin), słabo zapadający w pamięć (Polish), esquecível (Portuguese), olvidável (Portuguese), забыва́емый (zabyvájemyj) (Russian), olvidable (Spanish), förglömlig (Swedish), unutulabilir (Turkish), anghofiadwy (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forgettableness, forgettably

Alternative forms

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