explicable

English

Etymology

From Middle French explicable, from Latin explicabilis, from explicō (“unfold, explain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsplɪkəbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

explicable

1. Able to be explained.

Synonyms

• (able to be explained): explainable, explicatable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Antonyms

• inexplicable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Translations

able to be explained

• Catalan: explicable
• Czech: vysvětlitelný
• Finnish: selitettävissä oleva
• French: explicable (fr)
• Hiligaynon: alasóyon
• Italian: illustrabile, motivabile, spiegabile (it)
• Manx: yn-veenaghey
• Portuguese: explicável
• Romanian: explicabil (ro)
• Russian: объясни́мый (ru) (obʺjasnímyj)
• Spanish: explicable
• Welsh: esboniadwy (cy)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əks.pliˈkab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.pliˈka.ble]

Adjective

explicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Further reading

• “explicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “explicable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “explicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “explicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin explicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spli.kabl/

Adjective

explicable (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• expliquer

Further reading

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• explicável (reintegrationist)
• explicábel

Etymology

From Latin explicābilis.

Adjective

explicable m or f (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• explicar

Further reading

• “explicable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin explicābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡspliˈkable/ [eɣ̞s.pliˈka.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ex‧pli‧ca‧ble

Adjective

explicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• explicar

 

Further reading

• “explicable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28