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Open to questioning; able to be denied, challenged, or disputed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disputable
Antonyms: incontrovertible
Etymology tree English controvert Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English controvertible From controvert + -ible.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
controvertible
— open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed
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German:
bestreitbar
— open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed
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German:
anfechtbar
— open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed
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Icelandic:
umdeilanlegur
— open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed
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Romanian:
discutabil
— open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed
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Romanian:
polemizabil
— open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed
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Romanian:
controversabil
— open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed
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Spanish:
controvertible
— open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed