identifiable

English

Etymology

From identify +‎ -able.

Adjective

identifiable (comparative more identifiable, superlative most identifiable)

1. Capable of being distinguished and named.

   I don't know where he was from because he had no identifiable accent.

   • 2015 July 6, “Lung Transcriptomics during Protective Ventilatory Support in Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     We acknowledge that the tidal volume utilized for the SHVT group is far from the one utilized in the clinical setting, however, this choice was based on our previous studies supporting that 20 ml/kg was the minimal level of overdistention in healthy rats causing an identifiable injury comparable to that experienced by ALI patients.

   • 2017 January 9, Dan Garner, Hillforts of the Cheshire Ridge, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 253:

     The only other identifiable plant macrofossil present was a nutlet of club-rush that was morphologically most similar to grey club-rush (Schoenoplectus cf tabernaemontani). This form of club-rush is most often found near the sea, although it also grows in marshes and dune-slacks.

Derived terms

• identifiability
• nonidentifiable
• reidentifiable
• unidentifiable

 

Translations

capable of being distinguished and named

• Catalan: identificable
• Czech: identifikovatelný
• Dutch: herkenbaar (nl), identificeerbaar (nl)
• Finnish: tunnistettava
• French: identifiable (fr)
• German: identifizierbar (de), erkennbar (de)
• Hungarian: azonosítható (hu)
• Ido: identifikebla (io)
• Manx: yn-enneydagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: identifiserbar (no)

  Nynorsk: identifiserbar

• Polish: identyfikowalny (pl)
• Portuguese: identificável
• Romanian: identificabil (ro)
• Russian: опознава́емый (ru) (opoznavájemyj), распознава́емый (ru) (raspoznavájemyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: распозна̀тљив, препозна̀тљив

  Roman: raspoznàtljiv (sh), prepoznàtljiv (sh)

• Spanish: identificable

French

Etymology

From identifier +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.dɑ̃.ti.fjabl/

Adjective

identifiable (plural identifiables)

1. Identifiable

Further reading

• “identifiable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.