manipulatable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From manipulate + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪtəbl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈnɪpjəˌleɪtəbəl/, [-ɾə]
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: (RP) -eɪtəbəl
- Hyphenation: man‧i‧pul‧at‧a‧ble
Adjective
[edit]manipulatable (comparative more manipulatable, superlative most manipulatable)
- Synonym of manipulable (“suitable for, or able to be subjected to, manipulation”)
Usage notes
[edit]Much less common than manipulable, by a ratio of 5–10 to 1.[2]
Translations
[edit]synonym of manipulable — see manipulable
References
[edit]- ^ “manipulatable, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
- ^ manipulable, manipulatable at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Further reading
[edit]
manipulation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)meh₂-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₁-
- English terms suffixed with -able
- English 6-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪtəbəl
- Rhymes:English/eɪtəbəl/6 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives