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Definition: COVETABLE |
COVETABLEAdjective1. That may be coveted; desirable. |
| Author | Quotation |
Bhagavad Gita | Offer unto me that which is very dear to thee -- which thou holdest most covetable. Infinite are the results of such an offering. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "COVETABLE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "COVETABLE" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "COVETABLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Finnish | tavoiteltava (desirable). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | begehrenswert (attractive, desirable). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | επιθυμητόσ (desirable). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kívánatos (appetizing, concupisible, desirable, desired, much to be desired). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovetablecay arzu edilen, çok istenen. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"COVETABLE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: couvenable, covetables. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "COVETABLE" (pronounced 'Cov"et*a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-l-o-t-v" | |
-1 letter: evocable, voteable. | |
-2 letters: vocable, votable. | |
-3 letters: abvolt, alcove, avocet, boatel, bolete, cablet, cleave, coatee, cobalt, coeval, lobate, locate, oblate, octave, oleate, velate, veloce. | |
-4 letters: abele, above, betel, bevel, blate, bleat, bloat, botel, cable, calve, celeb, clave, cleat, clove, coble, covet, eclat, elate, elect, laevo, leave, lovat, octal, ovate, table, telae, valet, vocal, volta, volte. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-l-o-t-v" | |
+5 letters: recoverability. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Familiar 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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