seeable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English see

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English seeable

From see + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.əbl̩/

Adjective

seeable (comparative more seeable, superlative most seeable)

1. Able to be seen; visible.
   • 1988 January 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “10 From '87”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The relative scarcity of experimental work in relation to the box-office leviathans is of course only one of the reasons they're less seen and less seeable […] .

Derived terms

• seeableness
• unseeable

Related terms

• seeability

Noun

seeable (plural seeables)

1. (rare) That which is to be seen.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seeable.