quantifiable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷos?

Proto-Indo-European *-onts?

Proto-Indo-European *kʷoider.?

Proto-Italic *kʷāntos

Latin quantus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Medieval Latin quantificōder.

English quantify

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 quantifiable

From quantify + -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒn.tɪˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/
• (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑn.təˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/, [ˈkwɑn.ɾəˌfaɪ.ə.bɫ̩]

  • Audio (Texas):

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• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒn.tɪˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/
• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔn.tɪˌfɑe.ə.bəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ˈkwɔ̟n.təˌfɑe̯.ə.bɫ̩]

Adjective

quantifiable (comparative more quantifiable, superlative most quantifiable)

1. Capable of being quantified.
   • 1956, D. J. Liston, “The Statistician and Business Research”, in The Incorporated Statistician, volume 7, number 2, page 67:

     If the human factor in production is reduced through automation, the process becomes more quantifiable.

Derived terms

• nonquantifiable
• quantifiableness
• quantifiably
• semiquantifiable
• unquantifiable

Translations

capable of being quantified

• Finnish: laskettavissa oleva, määritettävissä oleva
• French: quantifiable (fr)
• Macedonian: уколичлив (ukoličliv)
• Spanish: cuantificable
• Swedish: kvantifierbar (sv)

Noun

quantifiable (plural quantifiables)

1. Something that can be quantified; a measurable.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

quantifiable (plural quantifiables)

1. quantifiable

Further reading

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