curable
English
Etymology
From Middle English curable, curabyll, from Old French curable. By surface analysis, cure + -able.
Adjective
curable (comparative more curable, superlative most curable)
- Capable of being cured.
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Translations
capable of being cured
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cūrābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
curable m or f (masculine and feminine plural curables)
- curable
- Synonym: guarible
- Antonyms: inguarible, incurable
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Further reading
- “curable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “curable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “curable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “curable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin curābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ky.ʁabl/
Adjective
curable (plural curables)
- curable
- Synonym: guérissable
- Antonyms: inguérissable, incurable
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Further reading
- “curable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin curābilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈɾable/ [kuˈɾa.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: cu‧ra‧ble
Adjective
curable m or f (masculine and feminine plural curables)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “curable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024