adjective · rare

evitable

evi·ta·ble

evitable · more evitable · most evitable

Possible to avoid; avertiblePossible to avoid; avertible.

/ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/

» "Peace is evitable", said the old general.

„Frieden ist vermeidbar“, sagte der alte General.

Meaning

1 senses

(uncommon)Possible to avoid; avertible.
The tragic consequences were evitable.

More definitions

capable of being avoided or warded off

Examples

1 sentences

"Peace is evitable", said the old general.
de„Frieden ist vermeidbar“, sagte der alte General.
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Origin

From Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”),

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”)).

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