absorbable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *sorβeō

Latin sorbeō

Latin absorbeō

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorberder.

English absorb

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English absorbable

From absorb + -able. First attested in the late 18th century.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/, /əbˈzɔɹb.ə.bl̩/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

absorbable (comparative more absorbable, superlative most absorbable)

1. Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

Derived terms

• absorbably
• bioabsorbable
• inabsorbable
• nonabsorbable
• reabsorbable
• unabsorbable

Translations

capable of being absorbed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可吸收的 (kě xīshōu de)

• Czech: absorbovatelný
• Dutch: absorbeerbaar (nl), aanleerbaar
• Finnish: imeytettävissä oleva
• French: absorbable (fr)
• German: absorbierbar
• Greek: απορροφήσιμος (el) (aporrofísimos)
• Hungarian: felszívható, felszívásra képes
• Italian: assorbibile (it)
• Japanese: 吸収性のある (きゅうしゅうせいのある,kyūshūsē no aru)
• Manx: yn-sooit
• Portuguese: absorvível
• Romanian: absorbabil
• Russian: абсорби́руемый (ru) (absorbírujemyj)
• Spanish: absorbible (es)

Noun

absorbable (plural absorbables)

1. A material that can be absorbed.
   • 204, C. D. Johnson, I. Taylor, Recent Advances in Surgery (volume 27, page 46)

     There is general agreement that nonabsorbable materials are better than absorbables. The most popular materials are polypropylene mesh and PTFE produced as a patch.

French

Etymology

From absorber +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.sɔʁ.babl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Adjective

absorbable (plural absorbables)

1. absorbable

Further reading

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