determinable
/dɪˈtɜːmənəbəl/dih-TUR-muh-nuh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/dɪˈtɝmənəbəl/dih-TUR-muh-nuh-buhl
Meaningthat one can determine
Common meaning: able to be fixed or found out
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- dedown, away, off; undoing
- termina boundary marker, limitLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1859 · scan
- ableable to be
‘down, away, off’ + ‘a boundary marker, limit’ → determinable
Journey through time
- Latinterminus‘a boundary marker, limit’
- Englishdetermine‘to decide’
- Englishformed in English from determinedeterminable‘able to be fixed or found out’ · 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 determine + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DETERMINE, p.163 · scan
Roots
- terminus Latin “a boundary marker, limit”
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