imputable

English

Etymology

impute + -able

Adjective

imputable

  1. That may be imputed
    Synonyms: chargeable, ascribable, attributable, referable
    • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299:
      No one having previously heard his history, could for the first time behold Father Mapple without the utmost interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities about him, imputable to that adventurous maritime life he had led.
  2. (law) Accusable; culpable; chargeable with fault.

Translations

References

  • imputable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • imputable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

From imputer + -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

imputable (plural imputables)

  1. imputable, attributable, ascribable, chargeable

Further reading


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impuˈtable/ [ĩm.puˈt̪a.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: im‧pu‧ta‧ble

Adjective

imputable (plural imputables)

  1. attributable; imputable

Derived terms

Further reading

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