catchable

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adjective

That can be caught.

OriginEnglish catch ← Middle English cacchen ← Anglo-Norman cachier →
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Meanings

adjectivecatchable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat can be caught.

    […] arranged so that said one of said intermediate hinge pins is catchable and embracable between both of said second parts, said second part having a respective pressing surface which is pressable against said one of said intermediate hinge pins when in a catch position, […]

    1988, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 705

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kaptós
  4. Proto-Italic*kaptos
  5. Latincaptus
  6. Vulgar Latin*captiāre
  7. Old Frenchchacier
  8. Anglo-Normancachier
  9. Middle Englishcacchen
  10. Englishcatch
  11. Englishcatchable

From catch + -able.

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APA

catchable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchable

MLA

“catchable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catchable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catchable.

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