debatable

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: [dɪˈbeɪtəbəɫ]

Adjective

debatable (comparative more debatable, superlative most debatable)

1. Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.

   Those data are debatable, no one has been able to replicate them.

   It's debatable whether he is a stud.

2. Of a person, argumentative.

   That debatable individual.

3. A fitting subject for debate.

   The lack of bonuses isn't debatable.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:quarrelsome

Derived terms

• debatably

Translations

controversial

• Bulgarian: спорен (bg) (sporen), дискусионен (bg) (diskusionen)
• Finnish: kyseenalainen (fi), epävarma (fi)
• French: discutable (fr), débattable (fr)
• Italian: discutibile (it), opinabile (it)

• Latin: contrōversus (la) m
• Manx: yn-arganey (gv)
• Russian: спорный (ru) (spórnyj)
• Spanish: discutible (es)