exportable
/ekˈspɔːtəbəl/ek-SPAWR-tuh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɛkˈspɔɹtəbəl/ek-SPAWR-tuh-buhl
Meaningthat one can export
Common meaning: able to be exported
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- exout
- portto carry, bear alongLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1402 · scan
- ableable to be
‘out’ + ‘to carry, bear along’ → exportable
Journey through time
- Latinportō, portāre‘to carry, bear along’
- Englishexport‘to send goods out to another country’
- Englishformed in English from exportexportable‘able to be exported’ · 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.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from export + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXPORT, p.200 · scan
Roots
- portō, portāre Latin “to carry, bear along”
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