Standard Lemma guide

disputable

adj · 3 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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  • UK: /dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S P Y UW1 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

capable of being disproved

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: debatable

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

open to argument or debate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • that is a moot question

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arguable, debatable, moot

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilislbor. English disputable Learned borrowing from Latin disputābilis. By surface analysis, dispute + -able.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: спрэчны (sprečny) — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Bulgarian: спорен (sporen) — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • French: contestable — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Hungarian: vitatható — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Hungarian: vitás — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Hungarian: kétséges — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Hungarian: kétségbevonható — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Japanese: 疑わしい (utagawashii) — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Kazakh: даулы (dauly) — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Romanian: disputabil — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Russian: спорный (spornyj) — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Spanish: disputable — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • Ukrainian: спірний (spirnyj) — of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute