consumable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈsuməbəl/ UK /kənˈsjuːməbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be used up or eaten; an item intended to be consumed

Printer ink is a consumable that the office reorders monthly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · able to be used up or... expendable perishable usable edible disposable

Opposites

durablereusablepermanent imperishable

Word family

Derived forms consumabilityconsumableness

Related forms consume consumption consumer consummate

Etymology

From the verb consume (from Latin consumere, 'to take up wholly, devour'), from con- (intensive) + sumere ('to take up'), plus the suffix -able.

consumere Latin sumere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# consumable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kənˈsuməbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈsjuːməbəl/

## Meanings
1. able to be used up or eaten; an item intended to be consumed

## Examples
- Printer ink is a consumable that the office reorders monthly.

## Synonyms
- expendable
- perishable
- usable
- edible
- disposable

## Antonyms
- durable
- reusable
- permanent
- imperishable

## Derived Forms
- consumability
- consumableness

## Related Forms
- consume
- consumption
- consumer
- consummate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: consumere
- Root: sumere

## Etymology
From the verb consume (from Latin consumere, 'to take up wholly, devour'), from con- (intensive) + sumere ('to take up'), plus the suffix -able.

## AI Etymology
Consumable is from the verb consume (from Latin consumere, 'to take up wholly, devour'), from con- (intensive) + sumere ('to take up'), plus the suffix -able. The ancestry passes through Latin consumere and Latin sumere. The prefix con- adds togetherness, combination, or intensification where the Latin formation gives it that value, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -able forms an adjective of capability or suitability, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as adjective and noun, it means "able to be used up or eaten; an item intended to be consumed", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include consume, consumption, consumer, and consummate; derived forms include consumability and consumableness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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