adj
Meaning 1
Able to be denied or contradicted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deniable
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈnaɪ(j)əbəɫ/
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rhymes with -aɪəbəl
adjective
Meaning 2
capable of being denied or contradicted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: undeniable
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English deny 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 deniable From deny + -able.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kiistettävä — able to be denied or contradicted
- Finnish: kiistettävissä oleva — able to be denied or contradicted
- German: abstreitbar — able to be denied or contradicted
- German: bestreitbar — able to be denied or contradicted
- Manx: so-obbal — able to be denied or contradicted
- Polish: zaprzeczalny — able to be denied or contradicted
- Polish: wątpliwy — able to be denied or contradicted
- Russian: отрицаемый (otricajemyj) — able to be denied or contradicted
- Swedish: möjlig att förneka — able to be denied or contradicted
- Swedish: osvuren — able to be denied or contradicted