abatable

English edit

Etymology edit

abate +‎ -able

Pronunciation edit

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

abatable (comparative more abatable, superlative most abatable)

Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
an abatable writ or nuisance.

Derived terms edit

unabatable

Translations edit

Capable of being abated

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

References edit

^ 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.

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