regulable

English

Adjective

regulable (comparative more regulable, superlative most regulable)

  1. Of or pertaining to being controllable; able to be made subject to regulation.
    Many businesses are regulable because of the interstate commerce clause of the United States' Constitution.

References

  • "regulable" in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, 1996, 1998.

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti
Proto-Italic *regō
Latin regō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom
Latin -ula
Latin rēgula
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 rēgulārelbor.
Spanish regular
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old Spanish -abile
Spanish -able
Spanish regulable

    From regular + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /reɡuˈlable/ [re.ɣ̞uˈla.β̞le]
    • Rhymes: -able
    • Syllabification: re‧gu‧la‧ble

    Adjective

    regulable m or f (masculine and feminine plural regulables)

    1. adjustable

    Further reading

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