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returnable

/ɹiˈtɜːnəbəl/ree-TUR-nuh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɹiˈtɝnəbəl/ree-TUR-nuh-buhl

Meaningthat one can return

Common meaning: able to be returned

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Journey through time

  1. Frenchretourner‘to return’source
  2. Middle Englishreturnensource
  3. Englishreturn‘to come or go back’
  4. Englishformed in English from returnreturnable‘able to be returned’ · 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 return + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RETURN, p.506 · scan

Source words

  • retourner French · source word “to turn back”

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