articulable
adjEtymology From articul(ate) + -able.
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences Usually, Of words Capable of being pronounced or expressed distinctly in speech.
Linguistic expressions
- It is beyond a doubt that many sounds are articulable, which do not occur in English.1796, P. W. Fogg, Elementa Anglicana, volume 2, page 159:
2
Usually, Of ideas Capable of being expressed clearly in language.
- Synonyms
- enunciable, expressible
- Derived terms
- inarticulable, unarticulable