contestable

English

Etymology

From contest +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

contestable (comparative more contestable, superlative most contestable)

1. That can be contested; debatable.

   Some said he was the greatest of his time but with the amount of talent around that view was contestable.

Derived terms

• contestably
• incontestable
• noncontestable
• uncontestable

Translations

that can be contested

• Finnish: esteellinen (fi)
• French: contestable (fr)
• Italian: contrastabile (it), oppugnabile (it), contendibile (it)
• Manx: yn-arganey
• Romanian: contestabil (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: спо̑ран

  Latin: spȏran (sh)

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French

Etymology

From contester +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.tabl/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Adjective

contestable (plural contestables)

1. contestable

Further reading

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