reconnaissable

French

Etymology

From reconnaître +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sabl/, /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sabl/

Adjective

reconnaissable (plural reconnaissables)

1. recognizable (able to be recognized)

   Antonym: méconnaissable

   reconnaissable entre tous, reconnaissable entre mille ― unmistakable (literally, “recognizable among all, among a thousand”)

   Il est reconnaissable par sa hauteur. ― It is recognisable by its height.

Derived terms

• reconnaissablement (“recognizably”)

Further reading

• “reconnaissable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.