Nearby Words
Contagious www.ask.com/Contagious Get Contagious Find Contagious
Diseases www.healthline.com/ Learn about disease symptoms, transmission, treatments.
adjective
1.
capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
2.
talkative; communicative.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commūnicābilis, equivalent to commūnicā(re) (see communicate) + -bilis -ble
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commūnicābilis, equivalent to commūnicā(re) (see communicate) + -bilis -ble
Related forms
com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty, com·mu·ni·ca·ble·ness, noun
com·mu·ni·ca·bly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To communicable
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Communicable
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
Collins
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
communicable
late 14c., from Fr. communicable, from L. *communicabilis, from communicare "to share, divide out; impart, inform; join, unite, participate in," lit. "to make common," from communis (see common).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
communicable com·mu·ni·ca·ble (kə-my&oomacr;'nĭ-kə-bəl)
adj.
Transmittable between persons or species; contagious.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
communicable  (kə-my 'nĭ-kə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
Capable of being transmitted from a person or animal to another person or animal, either through direct or indirect transmission, including insect or other vectors. Chickenpox is a communicable disease. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For Communicable
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
