Englishable
Englishable adjective: able to be translated into or expressed in English.
Adjective
Englishable (comparative more Englishable, superlative most Englishable)
- Able to be translated into or expressed in English.
- Only two pages of the Pushkin are given to the lyric, and these to such relatively Englishable items as a ballad ("The Upas Tree") and the "Exegi Monumentum," which has had its hundreds of English predecessors.1945, John Crowe Ransom, The Kenyon Review - Volume 7
- The term is gemes, and the vehicle it provides for metaphoring is Englishable as 'pinching a plump baby in affection'.1989, Alton L. Becker, Writing on the tongue, page 5
Forms of Englishable
| comparative | more Englishable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Englishable |
Origin of Englishable
From English + -able.
Questions about Englishable
- What does Englishable mean?
- Englishable means able to be translated into or expressed in English.
- What part of speech is Englishable?
- Englishable is an adjective.
Words near Englishable in the dictionary
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