colonizable

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adjective

Capable of being colonized.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivecolonizable (comparative more colonizable, superlative most colonizable)

comparative more colonizable · superlative most colonizable

  1. Capable of being colonized.
    1 more example

    Gazing at the magniscreen, he rubbed his palms together in satisfaction. His ship was swinging smoothly in an orbit high above a newly-discovered planet, and the magniscreen was focused on the landscape below. No Dal ship had ever been in this part of the galaxy before, and it was comforting to have discovered a colonizable planet so quickly.

    1957 July, Randall Garrett, “The Best Policy”, in Astounding Science Fiction

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  4. Latincolō
  5. Latincolōnus
  6. Latincolōnia
  7. Middle Englishcolane
  8. Englishcolony
  9. Englishcolonize
  10. Englishcolonizable

From colonize + -able.

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APA

colonizable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonizable

MLA

“colonizable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonizable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colonizable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonizable.

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