adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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/kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/
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adj
Meaning 1
Able to be comprehended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 2
capable of being comprehended or understood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an idea comprehensible to the average mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: comprehendible
Antonyms: incomprehensible
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *ghed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ghnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendō Latin comprehendō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin comprehēnsibilisbor. English comprehensible Borrowed from Latin comprehēnsibilis.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَفْهُوم
(mafhūm)
— able to be comprehended
Belarusian:
зразуме́лы
(zrazumjély)
— able to be comprehended
Bulgarian:
разбира́ем
(razbiráem)
— able to be comprehended
Catalan:
comprensible
— able to be comprehended
Chinese Mandarin:
可懂的
(kědǒng de)
— able to be comprehended
Czech:
pochopitelný
— able to be comprehended
Czech:
srozumitelný
— able to be comprehended
Danish:
begribelig
— able to be comprehended
Danish:
forståelig
— able to be comprehended
Dutch:
begrijpelijk
— able to be comprehended
Finnish:
ymmärrettävä
— able to be comprehended
French:
compréhensible
— able to be comprehended
German:
begreifbar
— able to be comprehended
German:
fassbar
— able to be comprehended
German:
verständlich
— able to be comprehended
Hungarian:
felfogható
— able to be comprehended
Hungarian:
érthető
— able to be comprehended
Indonesian:
dapat dimengerti
— able to be comprehended
Indonesian:
terpahamkan
— able to be comprehended
Indonesian:
yang dpt dipahami
— able to be comprehended
Indonesian:
yang dpt dimengerti
— able to be comprehended
Irish:
sothuigthe
— able to be comprehended
Irish:
intuigthe
— able to be comprehended
Italian:
comprensibile
— able to be comprehended
Japanese:
理解できる
(rikai dekiru)
— able to be comprehended
Korean:
이해할 수 있다
(ihaehal su itda)
— able to be comprehended
Macedonian:
разбирлив
(razbirliv)
— able to be comprehended
Manx:
so-hoiggal
— able to be comprehended
Māori:
mahuki
— able to be comprehended
Norwegian Bokmål:
forståelig
— able to be comprehended
Norwegian Bokmål:
begripelig
— able to be comprehended
Polish:
zrozumiały
— able to be comprehended
Portuguese:
compreensível
— able to be comprehended
Russian:
поня́тный
(ponjátnyj)
— able to be comprehended
Russian:
постижи́мый
(postižímyj)
— able to be comprehended
Russian:
вразуми́тельный
(vrazumítelʹnyj)
— able to be comprehended
Russian:
познава́емый
(poznavájemyj)
— able to be comprehended
Serbo-Croatian:
разу̀мљив
— able to be comprehended
Serbo-Croatian:
razùmljiv
— able to be comprehended
Slovak:
pochopiteľný
— able to be comprehended
Slovak:
zrozumiteľný
— able to be comprehended
Slovene:
razumljiv
— able to be comprehended
Spanish:
comprensible
— able to be comprehended
Spanish:
comprehensible (disused)
— able to be comprehended
Swedish:
begriplig
— able to be comprehended
Swedish:
förståelig
— able to be comprehended
Turkish:
anlaşılabilir
— able to be comprehended
Ukrainian:
зрозумі́лий
(zrozumílyj)
— able to be comprehended