refutable

See also: réfutable

English

Etymology

From Late Latin refūtābilis (“refutable”), equivalent to refute +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

refutable (not comparable)

1. Able to be refuted, or shown to be false.

Antonyms

• irrefutable

Derived terms

• nonrefutable
• refutability
• refutably
• unrefutable

Translations

able to be refuted

Armenian: հերքելի (herkʻeli) Asturian: refugable Bulgarian: опровержим (oproveržim) Czech: vyvratitelný (cs) m Dutch: weerlegbaar (nl) Finnish: kiistettävä, kiistettävissä oleva French: réfutable (fr) German: widerlegbar (de) Greek: αναιρέσιμος (el) (anairésimos) Russian: опровержи́мый (ru) (oproveržímyj) Spanish: refutable (es) West Frisian: wjerlizber

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin refūtābilis (“refutable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refuˈtable/ [re.fuˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: re‧fu‧ta‧ble

Adjective

refutable m or f (masculine and feminine plural refutables)

1. refutable

Further reading

• “refutable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025