Etymology

pronounceable

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Today it means: Capable of being distinctly pronounced in speech; enunciable. Full definition →

English pronounce ← Middle English pronouncen ← Old French prononcier
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  1. Latinprōnūntiō
  2. Old Frenchprononcier
  3. Middle Englishpronouncen
  4. Englishpronounce
  5. English todaypronounceable

From pronounce + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.