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minable

English

Etymology

mine +? -able

Adjective

minable (comparative more minable, superlative most minable)

  1. Able to be mined.
  2. Worth mining.

Anagrams

  • Liebman

French

Etymology

From the sense "likely to be destroyed by a mine," from miner +? -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.nabl/

Adjective

minable (plural minables)

  1. lousy, stinky, rubbish
  2. miserable, pathetic

Derived terms

  • minablement

Related terms

  • miné
  • miner

Further reading

  • “minable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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inable

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ne?b?l/
  • Rhymes: -e?b?l

Etymology 1

in- (not) +? able

Adjective

inable (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, now nonstandard) Unable, not able.

Etymology 2

in +? able

Verb

inable (third-person singular simple present inables, present participle inabling, simple past and past participle inabled)

  1. (obsolete, now nonstandard) To enable.

Anagrams

  • Blaine, Elbian, Niebla, belain, bilane

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