carriable C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈkæriəbəl/ UK /ˈkæriəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj able to be carried or transported The tent folds down into a small, carriable bundle. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · able to be carried or... portabletransportablemovableconveyable ↔ Opposites immovableunwieldy Word family Related forms carrycarriagecarrier Etymology AI details From carry + -able. Carry is from Anglo-Norman carier ('to transport in a vehicle'), from Latin carrus ('wagon, cart'), of Gaulish origin. carier xno carrus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # carriable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈkæriəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkæriəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. able to be carried or transported ## Examples - The tent folds down into a small, carriable bundle. ## Synonyms - portable - transportable - movable - conveyable ## Antonyms - immovable - unwieldy ## Related Forms - carry - carriage - carrier ## Roots and Affixes - Root: carier - Root: carrus ## Etymology From carry + -able. Carry is from Anglo-Norman carier ('to transport in a vehicle'), from Latin carrus ('wagon, cart'), of Gaulish origin. ## AI Etymology Carriable comes from carry + -able. Carry is from Anglo-Norman carier ('to transport in a vehicle'), from Latin carrus ('wagon, cart'), of Gaulish origin. The historical trail runs through carier in Old French and carrus in Latin. Morphologically, carriable is transparent: it draws on carry + -able. Used as an adjective, carriable now means "able to be carried or transported", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as carry, carriage, and carrier. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown