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movable

/ˈmuːvəbəl/MOO-vuh-buhl
/ˈmuvəbəl/MOO-vuh-buhl

Meaningable to be moved

Common meaning: not fixed in place

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mu-‘move, push, strip off’source
  2. Latinmovere‘to move’source
  3. Old Frenchmovoirsource
  4. Middle Englishmouensource
  5. Englishmove‘to change place’
  6. Englishformed in English from movemovable‘not fixed in place’ · 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 move + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MOVE, p.380 · scan

Source words

  • movere Latin · source word “to move”

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