detectable

See also: détectable

English

Alternative forms

• detectible

Etymology

From detect +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɛktəbəɫ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

detectable (comparative more detectable, superlative most detectable)

1. That which can be detected, noticeable.

   There was a detectable pause before he continued. We all noticed it but no one commented.

Synonyms

• measurable

Antonyms

• subdetectable
• undetectable

Derived terms

• detectable warning surface
• detectably
• immunodetectable
• indetectable
• nondetectable
• redetectable

 

Translations

That which can be detected

• Bulgarian: откриваем (otkrivaem)
• Dutch: detecteerbaar (nl)
• French: détectable (fr)
• Italian: rilevabile (it)
• Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (keşfedilebilir)
• Polish: odczuwalny (pl), wykrywalny
• Portuguese: detectável (Brazil), detetável (Portugal)
• Romanian: detectabil (ro)
• Spanish: detectable
• Turkish: ortaya çıkarılabilir, keşfedilebilir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deteɡˈtable/ [d̪e.t̪eɣ̞ˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: de‧tec‧ta‧ble

Adjective

detectable m or f (masculine and feminine plural detectables)

1. detectable

Further reading

• “detectable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10