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exchangeable

/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/iks-CHAYN-juh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/iks-CHAYN-juh-buhl

Meaningthat one can exchange

Common meaning: able to be swapped

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frencheschangesource
  2. Middle Englisheschaungesource
  3. Englishexchange‘to give one thing for another’
  4. Englishformed in English from exchangeexchangeable‘able to be swapped’ · 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 exchange + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXCHANGE, p.198 · scan

Source words

  • eschange Old French · source word “to change out”

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