adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being exhausted.
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
exhaustible
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/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪbl̩/
adjective
Meaning 2
capable of being used up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inexhaustible
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
capable of being used up; capable of being exhausted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- our exhaustible reserves of fossil fuel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust 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 exhaustible From exhaust + -ible.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: versatile — capable of being exhausted
- Spanish: agotable — capable of being exhausted
- Spanish: fallidero — capable of being exhausted
- Spanish: acabable — capable of being exhausted