Meanings
- not comparableAble to be classified.
Everything from a pair of stockings to a human soul was classifiable as 'lovely' or 'beastly'.
1934, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Burmese Days1 more example
The classifiers of things, by which I mean those scientists whose science is merely to classify, generally don't realize that what's classifiable is infinite and thus cannot be classified.
2001, Fernando Pessoa, translated by Richard Zenith, The Book of Disquiet, Penguin, page 378
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being classified
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan classificable
- classificableable to be classified
Finnish luokiteltava
- luokiteltavaable to be classified
French classable
- classableable to be classified
German klassifizierbar
- klassifizierbarable to be classified
Italian classificabile
- classificabileable to be classified
Romanian clasificabil
- clasificabilable to be classified
Spanish clasificable
- clasificableable to be classified
Cite this entry
classifiable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/classifiable
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