Standard Lemma guide

repeatable

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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpiːtəbəl/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɹɪˈpitəbəl/
  • Canada, General-American: [ɹɪˈpiɾəbɫ̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ɹɪˈpiːtəbəl/
  • New-Zealand: /ɹəˈpiːtəbəl/
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 P IY1 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be repeated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

That gives the same results when repeated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

able or fit to be repeated or quoted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • what he said was not repeatable in polite company
  • he comes up with so many quotable phrases

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quotable

Antonyms: unrepeatable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English repeat 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 repeatable From repeat + -able.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: repetible — able to be repeated
  • Danish: der kan gentages — able to be repeated
  • Galician: repetible — able to be repeated
  • Galician: repetíbel — able to be repeated
  • Georgian: განმეორებადი (ganmeorebadi) — able to be repeated
  • German: wiederholbar — able to be repeated
  • Hungarian: megismételhető — able to be repeated
  • Hungarian: elismételhető — able to be repeated
  • Hungarian: ismételhető — able to be repeated
  • Italian: ripetibile — able to be repeated
  • Portuguese: repetível — able to be repeated
  • Spanish: repetible — able to be repeated
  • Swedish: repeterbar — able to be repeated
  • Catalan: repetible — that gives the same result when repeated
  • Hungarian: reprodukálható — that gives the same result when repeated
  • Hungarian: megismételhető — that gives the same result when repeated
  • Italian: ripetibile — that gives the same result when repeated
  • Spanish: repetible — that gives the same result when repeated