mensurable

English

Etymology

From Middle English mensurable, from Medieval Latin mensūrābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnt͡ʃəɹəbəl/, /ˈmɛnt͡ʃɹəbəl/, /ˈmɛns(ə)ɹəbəl/

Adjective

mensurable (comparative more mensurable, superlative most mensurable)

1. measurable
2. (music) Having a fixed rhythm.
   • 1998, William Oliver Strunk, Leo Treitler, Source Readings in Music History, →ISBN, page 227:

     Mensurable music is song measured by long and short units of time.

Related terms

• mensural

Anagrams

• Lebensraum, lebensraum, seralbumen

Spanish

Adjective

mensurable m or f (masculine and feminine plural mensurables)

1. measurable

Further reading

• “mensurable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014