accusable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Italic *kaussā

Old Latin caussa

Latin causa

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin accūsō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin accūsābilisbor.

English accusable

Borrowed from Latin accūsābilis (“accusable”), corresponding to accuse +‎ -able; compare French accusable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkjuːzəbl/

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Adjective

accusable (comparative more accusable, superlative most accusable)

1. Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable

   If you publish that article, you are accusable of libel.

Derived terms

• accusably
• unaccusable

Translations

liable to be accused

• Latin: accusabilis
• Portuguese: acusável

Anagrams

• subcaecal

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ky.zabl/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Adjective

accusable (plural accusables)

1. accusable

Further reading

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