classifiable

English

Etymology

c. 1800 classify +‎ -able

Pronunciation

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Adjective

classifiable (not comparable)

1. Able to be classified.
   • 1934, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Burmese Days‎:

     Everything from a pair of stockings to a human soul was classifiable as 'lovely' or 'beastly'.

   • 2001, Fernando Pessoa, translated by Richard Zenith, The Book of Disquiet, Penguin, page 378:

     The classifiers of things, by which I mean those scientists whose science is merely to classify, generally don't realize that what's classifiable is infinite and thus cannot be classified.

Derived terms

• classifiability
• nonclassifiable
• unclassifiable

Translations

able to be classified

Catalan: classificable Finnish: luokiteltava French: classable (fr) Galician: clasificable (gl), clasificábel (gl) German: klassifizierbar Italian: classificabile Manx: yn-sorçhal Romanian: clasificabil m Spanish: clasificable