communicable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis.
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[edit]
Related terms[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.