evitable

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītō (“to avoid”) + -bilis (“-able”, able or worthy to be). The former is derived from ē- (“out”) + vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- (“separate, set apart”), a compound of *dwi- (“two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/, /-ɾə-/ Hyphenation: evi‧ta‧ble === Adjective === evitable (comparative more evitable, superlative most evitable) (uncommon) Possible to avoid; avertible. [from early 16th c.] Synonyms: avoidable, avertable, escapable, preventable, resistible Antonyms: ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, irresistible, unavoidable, unescapable, unpreventable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “evitable”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ēvītābilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βiˈtab.blə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.viˈtab.blə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.viˈta.ble] Homophone: habitable (Central) === Adjective === evitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural evitables) avoidable Antonym: inevitable ==== Related terms ==== evitar === Further reading === “evitable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “evitable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “evitable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “evitable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Alternative forms === evitável (reintegrationist) evitábel === Etymology === From Latin ēvītābilis. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === evitable m or f (plural evitables) avoidable Antonyms: inevitábel, inevitable ==== Related terms ==== evitar === Further reading === “evitable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin ēvītābilis. Cognate with rare English evitable. By surface analysis, evitar +‎ -able. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ebiˈtable/ [e.β̞iˈt̪a.β̞le] Rhymes: -able Syllabification: e‧vi‧ta‧ble === Adjective === evitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural evitables) avoidable Antonym: inevitable ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “evitable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025