Meanings
adjective
- Able to be explained.
Synonyms: explainable, accountable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAble to be explained.
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adjectivecapable of being explicated or accounted for
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Origin
- Latinexplicabilis
- Middle Frenchexplicable
- Englishexplicable
From Middle French explicable, from Latin explicabilis, from explicō (“unfold, explain”).
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Catalan explicable
- explicableable to be explained
Czech vysvětlitelný
- vysvětlitelnýable to be explained
Finnish selitettävissä oleva
- selitettävissä olevaable to be explained
French explicable
- explicableable to be explained
Italian illustrabile, motivabile
- illustrabileable to be explained
- motivabileable to be explained
- spiegabileable to be explained
- esplicabileable to be explained
Polish wytłumaczalny
- wytłumaczalnyable to be explained
Portuguese explicável
- explicávelable to be explained
Romanian explicabil
- explicabilable to be explained
Russian объясни́мый
- объясни́мый (obʺjasnímyj)able to be explained
Spanish explicable
- explicableable to be explained
Welsh esboniadwy
- esboniadwyable to be explained
Cite this entry
APA
explicable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explicable
MLA
“explicable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explicable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “explicable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explicable.
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