communicable
English
Etymology
From Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis.
Adjective
communicable (comparative more communicable, superlative most communicable)
- (epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
- Hypernym: infectious
- Synonyms: transmissible, spreadable, catching (but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
- Antonyms: nontransmissible, noncommunicable
- Hyponym: contagious
- Readily communicated.
- Antonyms: incommunicable, ineffable
- Talkative or expansive.
Derived terms
- communicable disease
- communicable scale
- noncommunicable
Related terms
- communicability
Translations
able to be transmitted between people or species
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French
Etymology
From communiquer + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.my.ni.kabl/
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Adjective
communicable (plural communicables)
- communicable
Further reading
- “communicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.