survivable
/səˈvaɪvəbəl/sur-VIGH-vuh-buhl
/sɚˈvaɪvəbəl/sur-VIGH-vuh-buhl
Meaningable to be survived
Common meaning: able to be survived (inferred)
- surover, above
- vivto live, be aliveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2001 (approximate) · scan
- ableable to be
‘over, above’ + ‘to live, be alive’ → survivable
Journey through time
- Latinvīvō, vīxī, vīctum‘to live, be alive’
- Frenchsurvivre
- Englishsurvive‘to stay alive through something’
- Englishformed in English from survivesurvivable‘able to be survived (inferred)’ · 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: able to be survived. It can be inferred from any of: survive.
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 survive + -able (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- vīvō, vīxī, vīctum Latin “to live, be alive”
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