recordable
/ɹɪˈkɔːdəbəl/rih-KAWR-duh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɹɪˈkɔɹdəbəl/rih-KAWR-duh-buhl
Meaningthat one can bring back to heart
Common meaning: able to be recorded
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- reagain; back
- cordthe heartLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 468 · scan
- ableable to be
‘again’ + ‘the heart’ → recordable
Journey through time
- Latincor, cordis‘the heart’
- Frenchreco
- Middle Englishrecordensource
- Englishrecord‘to set down for later’
- Englishformed in English from recordrecordable‘able to be recorded’ · 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: that one can bring back to heart. It can be inferred from any of: record.
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.
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Origin: Formed in English from record + -able (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- cor, cordis Latin “the heart”
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