adj
Meaning 1
Able to be explained.
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
explicable
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪkˈsplɪkəbəl/
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adjective
Meaning 2
capable of being explicated or accounted for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- explicable behavior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inexplicable
History
Etymology
From Middle French explicable, from Latin explicabilis, from explicō (“unfold, explain”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: explicable — able to be explained
- Czech: vysvětlitelný — able to be explained
- Finnish: selitettävissä oleva — able to be explained
- French: explicable — able to be explained
- Hiligaynon: alasóyon — able to be explained
- Italian: illustrabile — able to be explained
- Italian: motivabile — able to be explained
- Italian: spiegabile — able to be explained
- Italian: esplicabile — able to be explained
- Manx: yn-veenaghey — able to be explained
- Portuguese: explicável — able to be explained
- Romanian: explicabil — able to be explained
- Russian: объясни́мый (obʺjasnímyj) — able to be explained
- Spanish: explicable — able to be explained
- Welsh: esboniadwy — able to be explained