verifiable
/ˈveɹəˌfaɪəbəl/VEH-ruh-figh-uh-buhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈvɛɹəˌfaɪəbəl/VEH-ruh-figh-uh-buhl
Meaningthat one can verify
Common meaning: able to be checked as true
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- vertrueLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1978 · scan
- ifiverb ending: to make
- ableable to be
Journey through time
- Latinvērus‘true’
- Frenchverifier
- Englishverify‘to check that something is true’
- Englishformed in English from verifyverifiable‘able to be checked as true’ · 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 verify + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VERIFY, p.684 · scan
Roots
- vērus Latin “true”
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