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Meaning of "pregnable" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PREGNABLE

Prenable, from Old French prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to lay hold of, catch.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PREGNABLE

pregnable  [ˈprɛɡnəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREGNABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pregnable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PREGNABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pregnable in the English dictionary

The definition of pregnable in the dictionary is capable of being assailed or captured.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREGNABLE


actionable
ˈækʃənəbəl
amenable
əˈmiːnəbəl
assignable
əˈsaɪnəbəl
attainable
əˈteɪnəbəl
fashionable
ˈfæʃənəbəl
imaginable
ɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl
impregnable
ɪmˈprɛɡnəbəl
inexpugnable
ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl
interminable
ɪnˈtɜːmɪnəbəl
objectionable
əbˈdʒɛkʃənəbəl
obtainable
əbˈteɪnəbəl
personable
ˈpɜːsənəbəl
questionable
ˈkwɛstʃənəbəl
reasonable
ˈriːzənəbəl
returnable
rɪˈtɜːnəbəl
sustainable
səˈsteɪnəbəl
tunable
ˈtjuːnəbəl
unimaginable
ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl
unreasonable
ʌnˈriːznəbəl
unsustainable
ˌʌnsəsˈtɛɪnəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREGNABLE

prefrontal leucotomy
prefulgent
prefund
pregame
preganglionic
pregenital
preggers
preggy
preglacial
pregnability
pregnancies
pregnancy
pregnancy test
pregnant
pregnantly
pregnenolone
pregrowth
preguide
pregustation
prehab

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREGNABLE

able
abominable
companionable
convenable
definable
enable
explainable
fissionable
intenable
listenable
pensionable
turnable
unable
unalienable
unattainable
unexplainable
ungovernable
unmentionable
unquestionable
untenable
user-definable

Synonyms and antonyms of pregnable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pregnable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREGNABLE

Find out the translation of pregnable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pregnable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pregnable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pregnable
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pregnable
570 millions of speakers

English

pregnable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pregnable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pregnable
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pregnable
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expugnável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভেদ্য বা অজেয় নহে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pregnable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kehamilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pregnable
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pregnable
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pregnable
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pregnable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thể lấy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pregnable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्भवती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zaptolunur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pregnable
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pregnable
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pregnable
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pregnable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλώσιμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

baar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pregnable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pregnable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pregnable

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREGNABLE»

The term «pregnable» is used very little and occupies the 157.690 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREGNABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pregnable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pregnable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pregnable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREGNABLE»

Discover the use of pregnable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pregnable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Singapore: The Pregnable Fortress : a Study in Deception, ...
This book presents the full horror of the fall of Singapore.
Peter Elphick, 1995
2
Between 2 Oceans (2nd Edn): A Military History of Singapore ...
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 172–73, claims nearly a thousand Indian troops defected by the evening of13 February; Elphick, Singapore: The Pregnable Fortress, pp. 338–43. NA, CAB106/58, History of11th Indian Division, ch. xxv; CAB106/117, ...
Malcolm H. Murfett, John Miksic, Brian Farell, 2011
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New Perspectives on the Japanese Occupation in Malaya and ...
Peter Elphick, "The Malaya Command Forces", in Singapore: The Pregnable Fortress (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995), pp. 185-6. 2. Freddy Bloom, Dear Philip: A Diary of Captivity, Changi 1942-45 (London: The Bodley Head, 1980), p.
Yōji Akashi, Mako Yoshimura, 2008
4
Institutional Review Board: Management and Function
As Merton stated, the view is that "all women are always pregnable and therefore always pregnant."7 Because the inclusion of women of childbearing potential carries a risk of causing fetal harm, these women should be excluded from ...
Elizabeth A. Bankert, 2006
5
Women and Health Research:: Ethical and Legal Issues of ...
See Vanessa Merton, "The Exclusion of Pregnant, Pregnable, and Once- Pregnable People (aka. Women) From Biomedical Research" (1992) (manuscript on file with the author, to be published in late 1993 in The American Journal of Law and ...
Anna C. Mastroianni, Ruth Faden, Daniel Federman, 1994
6
The Meaning of the Ambedkarite Conversion to Buddhism and ...
In this matter there is the coming together of the parents: but if the mother be not pregnable and if no gandharva (a class of devas said to preside over the process of conception) be at hand, then there is no development of an embryo. Again, in ...
K. N. Kadam, 1997
7
Nemesis: A Good Guide for Bad Guys
Pregnable. Impregnable. Lairs. I don't care how safe or reinforced your fastness is based on your evaluations or those of others. I don'tcarehowlongyour keep haswithstoodtherelentlessassaults of your enemies. I don't care how complete the ...
Joseph J. Bailey, 2013
8
A Lexicon to Herodotus, Greek and English, Adapted to the ...
'E1rip.ap1~15pw6at, to adjure, to entreat earnestly, v. 92, 7. 3Εατίριαχος, ὁ, ἡ, open to attack, assailable, pregnable. τῇ ῆν ἔττί|.ιαχον το χωρίον τῆι; ακροττόλιο9, On that side where the citadel was pregnable, i. 84. Ti'; μάλιστα ἔσκε ἐπίμαχον ...
Henry Cary, 1843
9
A review of the reign of George II
Now putting all to the ' hazard, his fainting army with some little retrains of ' linexhausted ardor, fought against the enemy's irr-? ~ '"• G g 2 pregnable pregnable situation. These feeble battalions being uncovered with cannon, because ( *3* ) .
‎1762
10
Nursing Law and Ethics
V. Merton, The exclusion of pregnant, pregnable, and once-pregnable patients ( aka women) ...
John Tingle, Alan Cribb, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREGNABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pregnable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mexico offers $3.8M reward for 'El Chapo'
The director of Altiplano, the notorious yet apparently pregnable maximum security prison 50 miles outside Mexico, and two other prison ... «WTSP 10 News, Jul 15»
2
$3.8M offered for 'El Chapo'
The director of Altiplano, the notorious yet apparently pregnable maximum security prison 50 miles outside of Mexico City, and two prison ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
3
VIPs get their SUVs armour protection ahead of Bihar's assembly …
The fuel tank is a very vital, yet pregnable area and thus receives protection from high-strength, thick steel casing. The tank also goes under the ... «Motoroids, Jul 15»
4
43 Persons Killed in Boko Haram Attack on Borno
He said the town was left pregnable as there was barely any cover from the Nigerian military which was involved in operations in another parts ... «THISDAY Live, May 15»
5
Australia 2, India 0, Pitches 4
But they have had to, in the knowledge that a first innings short of 500 would be decidedly pregnable, and a fourth innings chase was always ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jan 15»
6
Breaking the siege
... and America, Israel's periphery strategy proved that what initially seemed like a hermetic siege was in fact elastic, frayed and pregnable. «Jerusalem Post, Dec 14»
7
What, where and Who next for Doctor Who after the end of series 8?
The exceptions were the flip-side diversions of a time heist one of the most pregnable banks in the universe and a Poirot-inspired Mummy take ... «Mirror.co.uk, Nov 14»
8
Prince George's urban legends give generations a good scare
“Anytime you have a big abandoned structure, especially a hospital, and if it's kind of fenced off and guarded but still pregnable, you're going to ... «Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online, Oct 14»
9
Ebola, Quarantine, and the City
... we learned recently, even that environment is pregnable. Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley, who have written extensively on the theory and ... «Dallas Morning News, Oct 14»
10
Four Responses To Sympathetic Abortion Stories
Women are, literally, pregnable in a way that men are not. For that reason, they more obviously need the stability and permanence that marital ... «The Federalist, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pregnable [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pregnable>. Apr 2024 ».
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