English Explanatory Dictionary

transmissible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to be transmitted.
  2. Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
  3. Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
  4. Able to transmit a disease; infectious, contagious.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

transmissible

Etymology

From Latin trānsmissus + -ible.

Synonyms

transmittable communicable spreadable catching

Antonyms

nontransmissible noncommunicable

Derived words

intransmissible nontransmissible transmissible spongiform encephalopathy untransmissible

Translations

Catalan: transmissible Danish: overførbar Dutch: overdraagbaar Galician: transmisible Galician: transmisíbel Hungarian: átadható Italian: trasmissibile Manx: so-chur Norwegian Bokmål: overførbar Norwegian Nynorsk: overførbar Portuguese: transmissível Romanian: transmisibil Spanish: transmisible
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