terminable

English

Etymology

From Middle English terminable (“resolvable”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French terminable and their etymon Latin terminābilis.[1][2] By surface analysis, termine +‎ -able.

Adjective

terminable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be terminated.
    Is the contract rescindable? — Yes, it's terminable at any time.
    • 1951 April, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Falkland Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 287:
      This agreement was scheduled to the N.B.R. Act of 1908, and was terminable by either side at the expiration of ten years from the opening of the line. [the line was never built]
  2. Having an ending; finite.

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References

  1. ^ “terminable, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “termināble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *ter-?
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥
Proto-Italic *termn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *term(e)nos
Latin terminus
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 terminārelbor.
Spanish terminar
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old Spanish -abile
Spanish -able
Spanish terminable

    From terminar + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /teɾmiˈnable/ [t̪eɾ.miˈna.β̞le]
    • Rhymes: -able
    • Syllabification: ter‧mi‧na‧ble

    Adjective

    terminable m or f (masculine and feminine plural terminables)

    1. terminable

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