transitable

English

Adjective

transitable (comparative more transitable, superlative most transitable)

  1. Passable; traversable.
    • 1865, Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, page 33:
      He quitted the lake on the 23rd of September, and on the 4th of October arrived at Queenstown, on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, having succeded in finding a transitable route.

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree
Spanish transitar
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old Spanish -abile
Spanish -able
Spanish transitable

    From transitar + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tɾansiˈtable/ [t̪ɾãn.siˈt̪a.β̞le]
    • Rhymes: -able
    • Syllabification: tran‧si‧ta‧ble

    Adjective

    transitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural transitables)

    1. passable

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