communicable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]communicable (comparative more communicable, superlative most communicable)
- (epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
- Hypernym: infectious
- Synonyms: transmissible, spreadable, catching (but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
- Antonyms: nontransmissible, noncommunicable
- Hyponym: contagious
- Readily communicated.
- Antonyms: incommunicable, ineffable
- Talkative or expansive.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]able to be transmitted between people or species
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From communiquer + -able.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]communicable (plural communicables)
Further reading
[edit]- “communicable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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