cultivable

English

Etymology

From French cultivable, from Old French coutivable.

Adjective

cultivable (comparative more cultivable, superlative most cultivable)

  1. Capable of being cultivated or farmed.
    • 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 183.
      These, and such as these, were all the cultivated and cultivable land in Provincetown.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From cultiver + -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kyl.ti.vabl/
  • (file)

Adjective

cultivable (plural cultivables)

  1. cultivable
    Synonym: arable

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kultiˈbable/ [kul̪.t̪iˈβ̞a.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: cul‧ti‧va‧ble

Adjective

cultivable m or f (masculine and feminine plural cultivables)

  1. cultivable
  2. arable
    Synonym: arable

Further reading

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