reconnaissable
French
Etymology
From reconnaître + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sabl/ ~ /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sabl/
Adjective
reconnaissable (plural reconnaissables)
- recognizable (able to be recognized)
- Antonym: méconnaissable
- reconnaissable entre tous, reconnaissable entre mille ― unmistakable (literally, “recognizable among all, among a thousand”)
- Il est reconnaissable par sa hauteur. ― It is recognisable by its height.
Derived terms
- reconnaissablement (“recognizably”)
Further reading
- “reconnaissable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.