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comprehensible

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/
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1

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

2

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