predicable

See also: prédicable

English

Adjective

predicable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
2. (grammar, of an adjective) That may be used in the predicate of a sentence, especially following a form of the verb "to be".

Translations

affirmable, attributable

(of an adjective) that may be used in the predicate of a sentence

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• Finnish: ennustettavissa oleva

Noun

predicable (plural predicables)

1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.
2. (logic) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

Related terms

• predicate

Translations

anything affirmable of another

one of the five most general relations of attributes in logic

Further reading

• “predicable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “predicable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Spanish

Adjective

predicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural predicables)

1. preachable

Further reading

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