Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Capable of being pronounced or expressed distinctly in speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Qualifier: linguistic expressions
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Capable of being expressed clearly in language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Qualifier: thoughts
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English articul(ate) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English articulable From articul(ate) + -able.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
