absorbable

English

Etymology

absorb +‎ -able. [First attested in the late 18th century.][1]

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/, /əbˈzɔɹb.ə.bl̩/

Adjective

absorbable (comparative more absorbable, superlative most absorbable)

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

Translations

capable of being absorbed

Dutch: absorbeerbaar (nl), aanleerbaar
Italian: assorbibile (it)
Manx: yn-sooit
Portuguese: absorvível

Romanian: absorbibil m or n
Russian: абсорби́руемый (ru) (absorbírujemyj)
Spanish: absorbible (es)

References

“absorbable” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

French

Etymology

absorber +‎ -able

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ap.sɔʁ.babl/

Adjective

absorbable (plural absorbables)

absorbable

Further reading

“absorbable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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