explainable
/ɪkˈspleɪnəbəl/ik-SPLAY-nuh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪkˈspleɪnəbəl/ik-SPLAY-nuh-buhl
Meaningthat one can explain
Common meaning: able to be explained
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- exout
- plainflat, level; clearLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1384 · scan
- ableable to be
‘out’ + ‘flat, level’ → explainable
Journey through time
- Latinplānus‘flat, level’
- Old Frenchexplanersource
- Englishexplain‘to make clear’
- Englishformed in English from explainexplainable‘able to be explained’ · 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
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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 explain + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXPLAIN, p.200 · scan
Roots
- plānus Latin “flat, level; clear”
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