excludable
/ɪksˈkluːdəbəl/iks-KLOO-duh-buhl
/ɪksˈkludəbəl/iks-KLOO-duh-buhl
Meaningable to be excluded
Common meaning: able to be excluded (inferred)
- exout
- cludto shut, closeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 350 · scan
- ableable to be
‘out’ + ‘to shut, close’ → excludable
Journey through time
- Latinclaudō, clausī, clausum‘to shut, close’
- Englishexclude‘to keep out or leave out’
- Englishformed in English from excludeexcludable‘able to be excluded (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: able to be excluded. It can be inferred from any of: exclude.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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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 exclude + -able (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- claudō, clausī, clausum Latin “to shut, close”
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