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identifiable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being distinguished and named.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I don't know where he was from because he had no identifiable accent.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

capable of being identified

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unidentifiable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English identify 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 identifiable From identify + -able.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: identificable — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Czech: identifikovatelný — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Dutch: herkenbaar — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Dutch: identificeerbaar — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Finnish: tunnistettava — capable of being distinguished and named
  • French: identifiable — capable of being distinguished and named
  • German: identifizierbar — capable of being distinguished and named
  • German: erkennbar — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Hungarian: azonosítható — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Ido: identifikebla — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Manx: yn-enneydagh — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Norwegian Bokmål: identifiserbar — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: identifiserbar — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Polish: identyfikowalny — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Portuguese: identificável — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Romanian: identificabil — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Russian: опознава́емый (opoznavájemyj) — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Russian: распознава́емый (raspoznavájemyj) — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Serbo-Croatian: распозна̀тљив — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Serbo-Croatian: препозна̀тљив — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Serbo-Croatian: raspoznàtljiv — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Serbo-Croatian: prepoznàtljiv — capable of being distinguished and named
  • Spanish: identificable — capable of being distinguished and named
Real reading context

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