amendable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English amend

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 amendable

From amend + -able.

Adjective

amendable (comparative more amendable, superlative most amendable)

1. Capable of being amended.

Derived terms

• amendableness
• nonamendable
• unamendable

Translations

capable of being amended

• Bulgarian: поправим (bg) (popravim)
• Finnish: muutettavissa oleva, korjattavissa oleva, oikaistavissa oleva
• French: amendable (fr)
• Greek: αναθεωρήσιμος (el) (anatheorísimos)
• Hungarian: javítható (hu)
• Italian: ammendabile, emendabile (it)
• Manx: so-lhiasaghey
• Portuguese: emendável (pt)
• Romagnol: emendàbil
• Romanian: amendabil (ro) m
• Russian: исправи́мый (ru) (ispravímyj), корректи́руемый (ru) (korrektírujemyj)
• Spanish: enmendable

French

Etymology

From amender +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɑ̃.dabl/

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Adjective

amendable (plural amendables)

1. amendable

Further reading

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