valuable
/ˈvæljəbəl/VAL-yuh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈvæljəbəl/VAL-yuh-buhl
Meaningable to be valued
Common meaning: worth a lot
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- valhave strength; be of worthLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1953 · scan
- uspelling ending (via French)
- ableable to be
Journey through time
- Latinvaleō, valuī‘have strength’
- Frenchvaluésource
- Englishvalue‘what something is worth’
- Englishformed in English from valuevaluable‘worth a lot’ · 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 value + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VALUE, p.679 · scan
Roots
- valeō, valuī Latin “have strength; be of worth”
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