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excitable

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English

Etymology

From excite +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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Audio (Southern England): (file)

Adjective

excitable (comparative more excitable, superlative most excitable)

Easily excited.
The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture.
(sciences) Able to respond to external stimuli.
(physics) Able to be promoted to an excited state.

Derived terms

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Translations

easily excited

Bulgarian: възбудим (bg) (vǎzbudim), раздразнителен (bg) (razdraznitelen)
Catalan: excitable, entusiasmadís
Finnish: innostuva (fi), helposti kiihtyvä, kiivas (fi)
French: excitable (fr)
Greek: ευέξαπτος (el) (evéxaptos)
Irish: sochorraithe, soghríosaithe, so-lasta
Manx: so-ghreesaghey
Portuguese: excitável
Russian: возбуди́мый (ru) (vozbudímyj)
Slovak: prchký
Spanish: excitable (es)

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin excitabĭlis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛk.si.tabl/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Adjective

excitable (plural excitables)

excitable

Further reading

“excitable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin excītābilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɡsθiˈtable/ [eɣ̞s.θiˈt̪a.β̞le] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /eɡsiˈtable/ [eɣ̞.siˈt̪a.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -able
Syllabification: ex‧ci‧ta‧ble

Adjective

excitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural excitables)

excitable

Derived terms

excitabilidad

Related terms

excitar

Further reading

“excitable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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