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reversible

/ɹɪˈvɜːsəbəl/rih-VUR-suh-buhl
/ɹɪˈvɝsəbəl/rih-VUR-suh-buhl

Meaningable to be turned back

Common meaning: able to be undone or turned inside out

Journey through time

  1. Latinreversussource
  2. Old Frenchrevers‘strange, uncoth, crosse’source
  3. Middle Englishreverssource
  4. Englishreverse‘opposite’
  5. Englishformed in English from reversereversible‘able to be undone or turned inside out’ · 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 reverse + -ible.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REVERSE, p.507 · scan

Source words

  • reversus Latin · source word “turned back”

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