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contestable

/kənˈtestəbəl/kuhn-TEH-stuh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/kənˈtɛstəbəl/kuhn-TEH-stuh-buhl

Meaningthat one can contest

Common meaning: open to dispute

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‘with, together’ + ‘a witness’ → contestable

Journey through time

  1. Latintestis‘a witness’
  2. Frenchcontester
  3. Englishcontest‘a competition’
  4. Englishformed in English from contestcontestable‘open to dispute’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from contest + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONTEST, p.132 · scan

Roots

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