traversable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English traverse

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English traversable

From traverse + -able.

Adjective

traversable (comparative more traversable, superlative most traversable)

1. Able to be traversed.
2. (law) Deniable; liable to legal objection.
   • 1736, Sir Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:

     Presentment of a felo de se before justices of peace, or oyer and terminer, traversable by the executor.

Antonyms

• nontraversable

Derived terms

• intraversable
• untraversable

Translations

Translations

• French: traversable (fr)
• Latin: pervius
• Polish: przemierzalny

Noun

traversable (plural traversables)

1. (programming) Any object that can be navigated by traversal.
   • 2018, Vikash Sharma, Learning Scala Programming, page 93:

     Additions: Methods that append two traversables together.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

traversable (plural traversables)

1. traversable

Further reading

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

Old French

Adjective

traversable m (feminine traversable)

1. (law) traversable

References

• “traversable”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.