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appealable

/əˈpiləbəl/uh-PEE-luh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/əˈpiləbəl/uh-PEE-luh-buhl

Meaningthat one can appeal

Common meaning: able to be appealed in court

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Journey through time

  1. Latinappellare‘to address, call upon’source
  2. Middle Englishappelensource
  3. Englishappeal‘to make an earnest request’
  4. Englishformed in English from appealappealable‘able to be appealed in court’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from appeal + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), APPEAL, p.29 · scan

Source words

  • appellare Latin · source word “to address, call upon”

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