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pronounceable

adj · 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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being distinctly pronounced in speech; enunciable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpronounceable

2

adj

Meaning 2

Capable of being expressed; sayable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

capable of being uttered or pronounced

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a pronounceable group of letters

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpronounceable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English pronounce Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pronounceable From pronounce + -able.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: произносим (proiznosim) — able to be pronounced
  • Catalan: pronunciable — able to be pronounced
  • Esperanto: prononcebla — able to be pronounced
  • Finnish: äännettävissä oleva — able to be pronounced
  • Finnish: äännettävä — able to be pronounced
  • French: prononçable — able to be pronounced
  • Galician: pronunciable — able to be pronounced
  • Galician: pronunciábel — able to be pronounced
  • Ido: pronuncebla — able to be pronounced
  • Italian: pronunciabile — able to be pronounced
  • Manx: yn-ockley magh — able to be pronounced
  • Manx: yn-raa — able to be pronounced
  • Manx: yn-choraaghey — able to be pronounced
  • Polish: wymawialny — able to be pronounced
  • Portuguese: pronunciável — able to be pronounced
  • Romanian: pronunțabil — able to be pronounced
  • Russian: произноси́мый (proiznosímyj) — able to be pronounced
  • Spanish: pronunciable — able to be pronounced