curable

English

Etymology

From Middle English curable, curabyll, from Old French curable. By surface analysis, cure +‎ -able.

Adjective

curable (comparative more curable, superlative most curable)

1. Capable of being cured.

Antonyms

• incurable

Derived terms

• curableness
• curably
• noncurable
• photocurable
• radiocurable
• uncurable

 

Related terms

• curability

Translations

capable of being cured

• Bulgarian: излечим (bg) (izlečim)
• Catalan: guarible, curable
• Czech: vyléčitelný
• Finnish: parannettavissa oleva, hoidettavissa oleva (healing), kovettuva (solidification or gelling)
• French: curable (fr)
• German: heilbar (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἰατός (iatós)

• Hungarian: gyógyítható (hu)
• Italian: curabile (it)
• Latin: sānābilis
• Manx: so-lheihys
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: helbredelig

• Portuguese: curável
• Spanish: curable
• Swedish: botbar (sv)
• Turkish: tedavi edilebilir

Anagrams

• clauber

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cūrābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

curable m or f (masculine and feminine plural curables)

1. curable

   Synonym: guarible

   Antonyms: inguarible, incurable

Related terms

• incurable

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin curābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.ʁabl/

Adjective

curable (plural curables)

1. curable

   Synonym: guérissable

   Antonyms: inguérissable, incurable

Related terms

• incurable

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin curābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾable/ [kuˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: cu‧ra‧ble

Adjective

curable m or f (masculine and feminine plural curables)

1. curable

   Antonym: incurable

Derived terms

• incurable

 

Related terms

• curar

 

Further reading

• “curable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• culebra