disputable

English

Etymology

From dispute +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/

Adjective

disputable (comparative more disputable, superlative most disputable)

1. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

Synonyms

• controvertible

Derived terms

• disputableness
• disputably
• indisputable
• undisputable

 

Related terms

• disputant
• disputation
• disputatious
• dispute

 

Translations

of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute

• Belarusian: спрэчны (sprečny)
• Bulgarian: спорен (bg) (sporen)
• French: contestable (fr)
• Hungarian: vitatható (hu), vitás (hu), kétséges (hu), kétségbevonható (hu)
• Japanese: 疑わしい (ja) (うたがわしい, utagawashii)
• Kazakh: даулы (dauly)
• Romanian: disputabil (ro)
• Russian: спорный (ru) (spornyj)
• Spanish: disputable
• Ukrainian: спірний (spirnyj)

Further reading

• “disputable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “disputable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dispuˈtable/ [d̪is.puˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: dis‧pu‧ta‧ble

Adjective

disputable m or f (masculine and feminine plural disputables)

1. disputable

Related terms

• disputar

 

Further reading

• “disputable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10