adj
Meaning 1
Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Black is very distinguishable against a white background
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: differentiable
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
distinguishable
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adjective
Meaning 2
capable of being perceived as different or distinct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- only the shine of their metal was distinguishable in the gloom
- a project distinguishable into four stages of progress
- distinguishable differences between the twins
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: indistinguishable
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
(often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- plants of several distinct types
- the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
- gold is distinct from iron
- a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech
- management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: distinct
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English distinguish 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 distinguishable From distinguish + -able.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: адро́зны (adrózny) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Belarusian: адме́тны (admjétny) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Catalan: distingible — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Esperanto: distingebla — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- French: distinguable — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- French: distinguible — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Galician: distinguible — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Galician: distinguíbel — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- German: unterscheidbar — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- German: differenzierbar — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Greek: διακρίσιμος (diakrísimos) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Greek: διακριτός (diakritós) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Ancient Greek: διαιρετός (diairetós) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Hungarian: megkülönböztethető — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Italian: distinguibile — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Japanese: 判りやすい (wakariyasui) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Japanese: 区別できる (kubetsu dekiru) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Manx: yn-chronnaghey — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Manx: yn-scarrey — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Portuguese: distinguível — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Romanian: distingibil — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Russian: различи́мый (različímyj) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Russian: отличи́мый (otličímyj) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Russian: отли́чный (otlíčnyj) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Spanish: distinguible — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Swedish: urskiljbar — able, or easily able to be distinguished
- Ukrainian: відмі́нний (vidmínnyj) — able, or easily able to be distinguished
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