realizable

English

Alternative forms

• realisable (British)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Late Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Late Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālisder.

Old French reelbor.

Middle English real

English real

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English realize

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English realizable

From realize + -able. Compare French réalisable.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹi.əˈlaɪz.ə.bl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɪəˈlaɪz.ə.bl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: re‧a‧liz‧a‧ble

Adjective

realizable (comparative more realizable, superlative most realizable)

1. Capable of being realized (made real) or achieved.

   Antonym: unrealizable

Derived terms

• nonrealizable
• realizability
• realizableness
• realizably
• unrealizability
• unrealizable
• unrealizably

Related terms

• realizability

Translations

capable of being realized or achieved — see also feasible,‎ viable,‎ actionable,‎ executable,‎ doable

• Bulgarian: осъществим (bg) (osǎštestvim)
• Catalan: realitzable
• Czech: uskutečnitelný (cs) m
• Dutch: realiseerbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: realigebla
• Finnish: toteuttamiskelpoinen (fi)
• French: réalisable (fr)
• Polish: wykonalny (pl)
• Spanish: realizable (es)
• Swedish: realiserbar (sv)

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “realizable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “realizable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Etymology

From realizar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /realiˈθable/ [re.a.liˈθa.β̞le] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /realiˈsable/ [re.a.liˈsa.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: re‧a‧li‧za‧ble

Adjective

realizable m or f (masculine and feminine plural realizables)

1. realizable, achievable

   Antonym: irrealizable

Derived terms

• irrealizable

Further reading

• “realizable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025