nameable

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name. not-comparable
    — 1635, Alexander Gill, The Sacred Philosophie of Holy Scripture, London: Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, Chapter 8, p. 30, [God’s] pure being, because it is neither understandable, nor nameable by us, we speake of goodnesse, of power, &c. as of the effluences or prime acts thereof […]
  2. Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions). not-comparable,obsolete
    — […] the culture [of alfalfa] is not very expensive, though the profit is not nameable till the second or third year, when the cuttings are considerable […]

词形变化

namable alternative

词汇关系

近义词
distinguishable identifiable recognisable notable
反义词
nameless unidentifiable unnameable unrecognisable forgettable irrelevant
衍生词
nameableness nameably

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
Proto-Germanic *namô
Proto-West Germanic *namō
Old English nama
Middle English name
English name
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English nameable
From name + -able.
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