excitable

From excite +‎ -able.

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excitable (comparative more excitable, superlative most excitable)

1. Easily excited.

   The excitable puppy jumped all over the furniture.

2. (sciences) Able to respond to external stimuli.
3. (physics) Able to be promoted to an excited state.

From Late Latin excitabĭlis.

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.si.tabl/

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excitable (plural excitables)

1. excitable

• “excitable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Late Latin excītābilis.

• IPA^(key): /eɡsθiˈtable/ [eɣ̞s.θiˈt̪a.β̞le] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eɡsiˈtable/ [eɣ̞.siˈt̪a.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: ex‧ci‧ta‧ble

excitable m or f (masculine and feminine plural excitables)

1. excitable

• “excitable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024