Meanings
comparative more interpretable · superlative most interpretable
- Capable of being interpreted or explained.
There was an expression there, but not much of an interpretable one.
2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 66Synonyms: interprable, interperable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being interpreted or explained.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being understood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latininterpretābilis
- Englishinterpretable
From the Late Latin interpretābilis, from interpretor; equivalent to interpret + -able; compare the obsolete French interpretable.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan interpretable
- interpretablecapable of being interpreted
Dutch interpretabel
- interpretabelcapable of being interpreted
French interprétable
- interprétablecapable of being interpreted
German interpretierbar
- interpretierbarcapable of being interpreted
Italian interpretabile
- interpretabilecapable of being interpreted
Portuguese interpretável
- interpretávelcapable of being interpreted
Spanish interpretable
- interpretablecapable of being interpreted
Cite this entry
interpretable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpretable
“interpretable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpretable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interpretable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpretable.
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