"placeable" meaning in English

See placeable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpleɪsəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-placeable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more placeable [comparative], most placeable [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English place Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English placeable From place + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|place|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English place Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English placeable [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" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "missing", "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" : "placeable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="placeable"> From place + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj}} placeable (comparative more placeable, superlative most placeable)
  1. Capable of being placed.
    Sense id: en-placeable-en-adj-GeZwnY5l Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms suffixed with -able, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 12 8 42 38 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 12 8 42 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 36 14 30 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 12 6 45 37

Noun

IPA: /ˈpleɪsəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-placeable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: placeables [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English place Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English placeable From place + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|place|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English place Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English placeable [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" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "missing", "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" : "placeable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="placeable"> From place + -able. Head templates: {{en-noun}} placeable (plural placeables)
  1. (business) A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
    Sense id: en-placeable-en-noun-ZEX40FPm Categories (other): Business, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 36 14 30 21 Topics: business
  2. (translation studies) In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other.
    Sense id: en-placeable-en-noun-bCkIBJFp Categories (other): Translation studies, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 18 8 51 23 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 12 8 42 38 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 12 8 42 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 6 52 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 36 14 30 21 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 8 50 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 3 64 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 2 57 20 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 12 6 45 37 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies
  3. (linguistic morphology) Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.
    Sense id: en-placeable-en-noun-urOy47NV Categories (other): Linguistic morphology, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms suffixed with -able, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 12 8 42 38 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 12 8 42 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 36 14 30 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 12 6 45 37 Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: employable, locatum verb, term

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "place",
        "4": "-able",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish place\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -ablebor.\nMiddle English -able\nEnglish -able\nEnglish placeable\n[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\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"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\" : \"placeable\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"placeable\">\nFrom place + -able.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish place\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -ablebor.\nMiddle English -able\nEnglish -able\nEnglish placeable\nFrom place + -able.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more placeable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most placeable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "placeable (comparative more placeable, superlative most placeable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 42 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 42 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 14 30 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -able",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 6 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of being placed."
      ],
      "id": "en-placeable-en-adj-GeZwnY5l",
      "links": [
        [
          "placed",
          "placed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpleɪsəbəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-placeable.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "placeable"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "place",
        "4": "-able",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish place\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -ablebor.\nMiddle English -able\nEnglish -able\nEnglish placeable\n[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\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"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\" : \"placeable\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"placeable\">\nFrom place + -able.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish place\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -ablebor.\nMiddle English -able\nEnglish -able\nEnglish placeable\nFrom place + -able.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "placeables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "placeable (plural placeables)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "employable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "locatum verb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "term"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Business",
          "orig": "en:Business",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 14 30 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -able",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              81,
              91
            ],
            [
              98,
              108
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1974, Studs Terkel, Working, →ISBN, page 423:",
          "text": "I worked for an employment agency, doing placements. They divided the girls into placeables and unplaceables.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company."
      ],
      "id": "en-placeable-en-noun-ZEX40FPm",
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "jobseeker",
          "jobseeker"
        ],
        [
          "placement",
          "placement"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business) A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Translation studies",
          "orig": "en:Translation studies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 8 51 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 42 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 42 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 6 52 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 14 30 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -able",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 8 50 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 3 64 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 2 57 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 6 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other."
      ],
      "id": "en-placeable-en-noun-bCkIBJFp",
      "links": [
        [
          "translation studies",
          "translation studies"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "target",
          "target"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(translation studies) In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "translation-studies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistic morphology",
          "orig": "en:Linguistic morphology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 42 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 42 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 14 30 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -able",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 6 45 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors."
      ],
      "id": "en-placeable-en-noun-urOy47NV",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistic",
          "linguistic"
        ],
        [
          "morphology",
          "morphology"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "blinds",
          "blinds"
        ],
        [
          "carpet",
          "carpet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistic morphology) Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistic-morphology",
        "linguistics",
        "morphology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpleɪsəbəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-placeable.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "placeable"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymology trees",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -able",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "place",
        "4": "-able",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish place\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -ablebor.\nMiddle English -able\nEnglish -able\nEnglish placeable\n[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\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"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\" : \"placeable\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"placeable\">\nFrom place + -able.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish place\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -ablebor.\nMiddle English -able\nEnglish -able\nEnglish placeable\nFrom place + -able.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more placeable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most placeable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "placeable (comparative more placeable, superlative most placeable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of being placed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placed",
          "placed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpleɪsəbəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-placeable.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "placeable"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymology trees",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -able",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "place",
        "4": "-able",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish place\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -ablebor.\nMiddle English -able\nEnglish -able\nEnglish placeable\n[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\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-trom\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"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\" : \"placeable\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"placeable\">\nFrom place + -able.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish place\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlom\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nOld French -ablebor.\nMiddle English -able\nEnglish -able\nEnglish placeable\nFrom place + -able.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "placeables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "placeable (plural placeables)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "employable"
    },
    {
      "word": "locatum verb"
    },
    {
      "word": "term"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Business"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              81,
              91
            ],
            [
              98,
              108
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1974, Studs Terkel, Working, →ISBN, page 423:",
          "text": "I worked for an employment agency, doing placements. They divided the girls into placeables and unplaceables.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "jobseeker",
          "jobseeker"
        ],
        [
          "placement",
          "placement"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business) A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Translation studies"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "translation studies",
          "translation studies"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "translation",
          "translation"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "target",
          "target"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(translation studies) In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences",
        "translation-studies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Linguistic morphology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistic",
          "linguistic"
        ],
        [
          "morphology",
          "morphology"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "blinds",
          "blinds"
        ],
        [
          "carpet",
          "carpet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistic morphology) Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistic-morphology",
        "linguistics",
        "morphology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpleɪsəbəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-placeable.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-placeable.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "placeable"
}

Download raw JSONL data for placeable meaning in English (9.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.