openable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Germanic *ub

Proto-Germanic *upp

Proto-Germanic *upanaz

Proto-West Germanic *opan

Old English open

Middle English open

English open

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 openable

From open + -able.

Adjective

openable (not generally comparable, comparative more openable, superlative most openable)

1. Capable of being opened.

Derived terms

• unopenable

Translations

that can be opened

• Bulgarian: отваряем m (otvarjaem)
• French: ouvrable (fr)
• Hungarian: kinyitható (hu)
• Icelandic: opnanlegur
• Italian: apribile (it)
• Polish: otwieralny
• Turkish: açılabilir

Anagrams

• bean pole, bean-pole, beanpole