abatable

abatable

English

Etymology

abate +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪt.ə.bəl/

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Adjective

abatable (comparative more abatable, superlative most abatable)

1. Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.][1]

   an abatable writ or nuisance.

Translations

Capable of being abated

Arabic: قَابِل لِلتَخْفِيف‎ m (qābil li-t-taḵfīf) Dutch: vatbaar voor prijsverlaging Finnish: vähennettävissä oleva, kumottavissa oleva Portuguese: anulável (pt)

References

1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abatable”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.