excitable

excitable

English

Etymology

From excite +‎ -able.

Adjective

excitable (comparative more excitable, superlative most excitable)

1. Easily excited

   The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture.

2. (physics) Able to be promoted to an excited state

Related terms

• excitability
• excite
• excited

 

Translations

easily excited

Bulgarian: възбудим (bg) (vǎzbudim), раздразнителен (bg) (razdraznitelen) Catalan: excitable, entusiasmadís Finnish: innostuva (fi), helposti kiihtyvä, kiivas (fi) French: excitable (fr) Greek: ευέξαπτος (el) (evéxaptos) Irish: sochorraithe, soghríosaithe, so-lasta Manx: so-ghreesaghey Russian: возбуди́мый (ru) (vozbudímyj) Spanish: excitable

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin excitabĭlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.si.tabl/

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Adjective

excitable (plural excitables)

1. excitable

Further reading

• “excitable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin excītābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡsθiˈtable/ [eɣ̞s.θiˈt̪a.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /eɡsiˈtable/ [eɣ̞.siˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ex‧ci‧ta‧ble

Adjective

excitable (plural excitables)

1. excitable

Derived terms

• excitabilidad

Related terms

• excitar

Further reading

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