extinguishable

Able to be extinguished.

Adjective

  1. Able to be extinguished.

Origin

Etymology tree English extinguish Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English extinguishable From extinguish + -able.

Antonyms

inextinguishable

Derived

unextinguishable