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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespressible
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pʁɛsibl/
"Cette bouteille en plastique est pressible."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Capable of being squeezed or compressed without breaking, especially designed to yield easily to pressure.
"The new ketchup bottle is made of a soft, squeezable plastic."
- 1
An item or product that is designed to be squeezed, such as a plush toy or a flexible container.
"The store aisle was packed with various squeezables for children and stress relief."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'squeeze' (of uncertain origin, possibly imitative, appearing in Middle English around the 15th century) combined with the suffix '-able' (from Old French and Latin '-abilis', indicating capability or susceptibility). The compound emerged in modern English to describe objects engineered or naturally suited to be compressed or compacted easily.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Squeezable" is said worldwide
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pressible
Transliteration: /pʁɛsibl/
"Cette bouteille en plastique est pressible."
quetschbar
Transliteration: /ˈkvɛtʃbaːɐ̯/
"Die neue Flasche ist leicht quetschbar."
spremibile
Transliteration: /spreˈmi.bi.le/
"Questo tubetto di dentifricio è spremibile."
exprimible
Transliteration: /eks.priˈmi.βle/
"El envase de la salsa es exprimible."
espremível
Transliteration: /is.pɾeˈmi.vɛw/
"A embalagem do produto é espremível."
दबाने योग्य
Transliteration: dabane yogya
"यह प्लास्टिक की बोतल दबाने योग्य है।"
可挤压的
Transliteration: kě jǐ yā de
"这个塑料瓶是可挤压的。"
짜낼 수 있는
Transliteration: jjanael su inneun
"이 케첩 통은 짜내기 쉽게 되어 있다."
絞りやすい
Transliteration: shiboriyasui
"このプラスチック容器は絞りやすい構造になっています。"
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