traceable

English

Etymology

From trace +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl/

Adjective

traceable (comparative more traceable, superlative most traceable)

1. Capable of being traced; possible to track down.

   There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.

   • 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)‎^[1]:

     Homosexuality is easily traceable in India. Dubois referred to houses devoted to male prostitution, with men dressed as women, and imitating the ways of women.

   • 1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64:

     The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable.

   • 1988, J. Halley Cox, William H. Davenport, Hawaiian Sculpture: Revised Edition, page 96:

     The source of this characteristic is easily traceable to the wrestlerlike postures of the typical round-volumed sculptures.

Antonyms

• nontraceable
• untraceable

Derived terms

• traceability

Translations

capable of being traced; possible to track down

• Bulgarian: проследим (bg) (prosledim)
• German: nachvollziehbar (de)
• Romanian: trasabil m, care poate fi trasat, reperabil m

Anagrams

• creatable, reactable