Standard Lemma guide

predictable

adj · noun · 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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  • /pɹɪˈdɪktəbl̩/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be predicted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a predictable mathematical pattern
  • a boring film with a predictable ending

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A predictable thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

capable of being foretold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpredictable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English predict 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 predictable From predict + -able.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կանխատեսելի (kanxateseli) — able to be predicted
  • Azerbaijani: proqnozlaşdırıla bilən — able to be predicted
  • Belarusian: прадказа́льны (pradkazálʹny) — able to be predicted
  • Bulgarian: предсказуем (predskazuem) — able to be predicted
  • Catalan: predictible — able to be predicted
  • Catalan: predicible — able to be predicted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可預見的 /可预见的 (kě yùjiàn de) — able to be predicted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可預言的 /可预言的 (kě yùyán de) — able to be predicted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意料之中 (yìliào zhī zhōng) — able to be predicted
  • Czech: předvídatelný — able to be predicted
  • Dutch: voorspelbaar — able to be predicted
  • Finnish: ennustettava — able to be predicted
  • Finnish: ennalta arvattava — able to be predicted
  • French: prédictible — able to be predicted
  • French: prévisible — able to be predicted
  • Galician: previsible — able to be predicted
  • Georgian: მოსალოდნელი (mosalodneli) — able to be predicted
  • Georgian: წინასწარგანჭვრეტადი (c̣inasc̣arganč̣vreṭadi) — able to be predicted
  • German: vorhersagbar — able to be predicted
  • German: prädiktabel — able to be predicted
  • Greek: προβλέψιμος (provlépsimos) — able to be predicted
  • Hungarian: kiszámítható — able to be predicted
  • Hungarian: megjósolható — able to be predicted
  • Irish: intuartha — able to be predicted
  • Italian: prevedibile — able to be predicted
  • Japanese: 先が見える (saki ga mieru) — able to be predicted
  • Japanese: 予測できる (yosoku dekiru) — able to be predicted
  • Japanese: 起こりうる (okoriuru) — able to be predicted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forutsigbar — able to be predicted
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forutsigelig — able to be predicted
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føreseieleg — able to be predicted
  • Polish: przewidywalny — able to be predicted
  • Polish: przepowiadalny — able to be predicted
  • Portuguese: previsível — able to be predicted
  • Portuguese: predizível — able to be predicted
  • Romanian: predictibil — able to be predicted
  • Romanian: anticipabil — able to be predicted
  • Romanian: previzibil — able to be predicted
  • Russian: предсказу́емый (predskazújemyj) — able to be predicted
  • Spanish: predecible — able to be predicted
  • Spanish: predictible — able to be predicted
  • Spanish: previsible — able to be predicted
  • Swedish: förutsägbar — able to be predicted
  • Turkish: öngörülebilir — able to be predicted
  • Ukrainian: передба́чуваний (peredbáčuvanyj) — able to be predicted
  • Welsh: rhagweladwy — able to be predicted
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