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redeemable

/ɹɪˈdiməbəl/rih-DEE-muh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɹɪˈdiməbəl/rih-DEE-muh-buhl

Meaningthat one can redeem

Common meaning: able to be exchanged or saved

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‘back’ + ‘to take’ → redeemable

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*am-‘take’source
  2. Latinemō, ēmī, ēmptum‘to take’
  3. Frenchredimer
  4. Englishredeem‘to buy back’
  5. Englishformed in English from redeemredeemable‘able to be exchanged or saved’ · 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 redeem + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REDEEM, p.496 · scan

Roots

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