disputable

disputable

English

Etymology

dispute +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/

Adjective

disputable (comparative more disputable, superlative most disputable)

1. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

Synonyms

• controvertible

Related terms

• disputant
• disputation
• disputatious
• dispute

Translations

of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute

Belarusian: спрэчны (sprečny) Bulgarian: спорен (bg) (sporen) French: contestable (fr) Japanese: 疑わしい (ja) (うたがわしい, utagawashii) Romanian: disputabil (ro) Russian: спорный (ru) (spornyj) Spanish: disputable Ukrainian: спірний (spirnyj)

Further reading

• disputable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• disputable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dispuˈtable/ [d̪is.puˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: dis‧pu‧ta‧ble

Adjective

disputable (plural disputables)

1. disputable

Further reading

• “disputable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014