abatable

English

Etymology

abate +‎ -able

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbeɪt.ə.bəl/
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Adjective

abatable (comparative more abatable, superlative most abatable)

Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
an abatable writ or nuisance.

Translations

Capable of being abated

Arabic: قَابِل لِلتَخْفِيف‎‎ m (qābil li-t-taḵfīf)
Dutch: vatbaar voor prijsverlaging

Finnish: vähennettävissä, kumottavissa oleva
Portuguese: anulável (pt)

References

↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 2

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