declinable

declinable

See also: déclinable

English

Etymology

    From decline + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈklaɪnəbəɫ/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Adjective

    declinable (not comparable)

    1. (grammar) Capable of being declined; of a word, having inflections.
      • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 152:
        It is obvious that the system in present-day English is radically different, and that the notion of case (i.e. a form or modification of a declinable word) is now of very little significance.

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    Spanish

    Etymology

    From declinar +‎ -able.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dekliˈnable/ [d̪e.kliˈna.β̞le]
    • Rhymes: -able
    • Syllabification: de‧cli‧na‧ble

    Adjective

    declinable m or f (masculine and feminine plural declinables)

    1. declinable

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