explicable

English

Etymology

From Middle French explicable, from Latin explicabilis, from explicō (“unfold, explain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsplɪkəbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧ca‧ble

Adjective

explicable

1. Able to be explained.

Synonyms

• (able to be explained): explainable, accountable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Antonyms

• inexplicable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Derived terms

• explicableness
• explicably

Translations

able to be explained

• Catalan: explicable
• Czech: vysvětlitelný
• Finnish: selitettävissä oleva
• French: explicable (fr)
• Hiligaynon: alasóyon
• Italian: illustrabile, motivabile, spiegabile (it), esplicabile
• Manx: yn-veenaghey
• Polish: wytłumaczalny (pl)
• Portuguese: explicável
• Romanian: explicabil (ro)
• Russian: объясни́мый (ru) (obʺjasnímyj)
• Spanish: explicable
• Welsh: esboniadwy (cy)

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin explicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əks.pliˈkab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.pliˈka.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eks.pliˈkab.ble]

Adjective

explicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Further reading

• “explicable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “explicable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “explicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “explicable”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

From Latin explicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spli.kabl/

Adjective

explicable (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• expliquer

Further reading

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• explicável (reintegrationist)
• explicábel

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Latin plicō

Latin explicō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin explicābilisder.

Galician explicable

Derived from Latin explicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekspliˈkable/ [eks̺.pliˈkɑ.β̞lɪ]
• Rhymes: -able
• Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧ca‧ble

Adjective

explicable m or f (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• explicar

Further reading

• “explicable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Latin plicō

Latin explicō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin explicābilisder.

Spanish explicable

Derived from Latin explicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspliˈkable/ [eɣ̞s.pliˈka.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): /espliˈkable/ [es.pliˈka.β̞le] (informal)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ex‧pli‧ca‧ble

Adjective

explicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• explicar

Further reading

• “explicable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026