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removable

/ɹɪˈmuːvəbəl/rih-MOO-vuh-buhl
/ɹɪˈmuvəbəl/rih-MOO-vuh-buhl

Meaningable to be moved away

Common meaning: able to be taken off or away

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchremouvoir‘to remove, retire’source
  2. Middle Englishremeuensource
  3. Englishremove‘to take away’
  4. Englishformed in English from removeremovable‘able to be taken off or away’ · 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.
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Origin: Formed in English from remove + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REMOVE, p.501 · scan

Source words

  • remouvoir Old French · source word “to move back”

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