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disputable

/dɪsˈpjuːtəbəl/dis-PYOO-tuh-buhl
/dɪsˈpjutəbəl/dis-PYOO-tuh-buhl

Meaningable to be argued

Common meaning: open to doubt or argument

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pu-‘purify, cleanse, make clear or evident’source
  2. Latindisputaresource
  3. Old Frenchdisputersource
  4. Middle Englishdisputensource
  5. Englishdispute‘to argue’
  6. Englishformed in English from disputedisputable‘open to doubt or argument’ · 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 dispute + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DISPUTE, p.172 · scan

Source words

  • disputare Latin · source word “to think apart”

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