"nameable" meaning in English

See nameable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: namable [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English nameable From name + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|name|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English nameable [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*namô", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*namō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "nama", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "name", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "name", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "able to", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-dʰlis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "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" : "derived" } ], "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" : "nameable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="nameable"> From name + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nameable (not comparable)
  1. Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): nomeável (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-nameable-en-adj-bNHJdGO0 Categories (other): English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 86 14
  2. (obsolete) Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions). Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-nameable-en-adj-kc8ITk~v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: distinguishable [name, specific], identifiable [name, specific], recognisable [name, specific], notable Derived forms: nameableness, nameably

Alternative forms

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        {
          "text": "1635, Alexander Gill, The Sacred Philosophie of Holy Scripture, London: Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, Chapter 8, p. 30,\n[God’s] pure being, because it is neither understandable, nor nameable by us, we speake of goodnesse, of power, &c. as of the effluences or prime acts thereof […]"
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          "ref": "1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, page 25:",
          "text": "Mr. Hyde […] gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation […]",
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          "ref": "2007 June 20, Trev Broughton, “More work for Margery Allingham”, in The Times Literary Supplement:",
          "text": "The vogue for the sleuth-flâneur […] in the first half of the twentieth century has encouraged recent attempts to map the rise of British detective fiction, and its subsequent love affair with the thriller, onto the shifts in national morale precipitated by international conflict. One train of thought, for instance, suggests that the genre provides nameable, explicable corpses to mourn, after the senseless obliterations of the First World War.",
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          "ref": "2014 June 6, Griffin McElroy, “Tomodachi Life review”, in Polygon:",
          "text": "There's a strange kind of power in games like that; like XCOM, with its nameable soldiers, or The Sims' customizable families.",
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          "ref": "2019 February 9, Susannah Felts, “Grits more than 'fuel in a box'”, in Knoxville News Sentinel:",
          "text": "Grits have been part of the story of the South as long as the South has been a nameable region — and they were around long before that, too.",
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        "Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name."
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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          "text": "[…] the culture [of alfalfa] is not very expensive, though the profit is not nameable till the second or third year, when the cuttings are considerable […]",
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        },
        {
          "text": "1810, William Coleman, An Appeal to the People, New York: C.S. Van Winkle, p. 72,\nA mission hatched by Jefferson under the pretence of forming a commercial treaty, though we have neither trade of any nameable amount with Russia, nor any political concerns with her […]"
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        "Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions)."
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        "(obsolete) Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions)."
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        "obsolete"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "name",
        "specific"
      ],
      "word": "distinguishable"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "name",
        "specific"
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      "word": "identifiable"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "name",
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      "word": "recognisable"
    },
    {
      "word": "notable"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "nomeável"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nameable"
}

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