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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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But I was more interested in recipes for her own DIY meat alternatives, since she uses non-mysterious, easily pronounceable ingredients in them.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2021

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2020

Emoji enthusiasts have played with telling word-free stories using their little darlings alone and translating song lyrics into the pictures, “but they can’t be put together like letters to make a pronounceable word,” McCulloch said.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2016

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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