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pronounceable

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[pruh-nauns-uh-buhl] / prəˈnaʊns ə bəl /

adjective

  1. able to be pronounced or uttered.


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An ampersand alone on a page would represent a pronounceable word.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2020

It’s a combination one might call Djokovician if that were pronounceable.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2020

The name also had to be pronounceable and related to the actual disease.

From Washington Times • Feb. 11, 2020

He decided to name the new company Syzygy, a barely pronounceable term for when three celestial bodies are in a line.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2014

“Doo,” “boo,” “la,” etc., are easily pronounceable and fun for children to articulate.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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