imaginable
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English ymaginable, from Latin imāginābilis; equivalent to imagine + -able.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈmadʒɪnəbəl/, /-nəbəl/, /ɪˈmadʒnəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/, /-nəbəl/, /ɪˈmæd͡ʒnəbəl/
Adjective
editimaginable (comparative more imaginable, superlative most imaginable)
- Able to be imagined; conceivable.
- 2002, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Depraved and Insulting English:
- While running, they were exposed to the most hideous bespawling imaginable.
- 2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury:
- By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters.
Antonyms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editable to be imagined; conceivable
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Catalan
editEtymology
editAdjective
editimaginable m or f (masculine and feminine plural imaginables)
French
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editimaginable (plural imaginables)
Further reading
edit- “imaginable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editAdjective
editimaginable
- Alternative form of ymaginable
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editimaginable m or f (masculine and feminine plural imaginables)
Further reading
edit- “imaginable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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