communicable
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis.
Adjective
editcommunicable (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
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editable to be transmitted between people or species
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French
editEtymology
editFrom communiquer + -able.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcommunicable (plural communicables)
Further reading
edit- “communicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.