alienable

Alienable is sometimes a misspelling of amiable.

Definition of the adjective alienable

What does alienable mean as an attribute of a noun?

adjective

1. transferable to another owner
   • domain: jurisprudence / law
   • antonym: inalienable
   • similar: appropriable; assignable / conveyable / negotiable / transferable / transferrable

Alternative definition of the adjective alienable

adjective

1. Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
   • antonym: inalienable

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for alienable

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Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2013)

by Philipp Strazny

The distinction between alienable and inalienable possession is also characteristic of Oceanic languages. Nouns referring to inalienably possessed entities (e.g. body parts, relatives) are typically a small, closed set, and the nouns referring to ...

Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (2011)

by David Crystal

see ALIENABLE alienable (adj.) A term used in GRAMMATICAL analysis to refer to a type of possessive ...

Tuscarora-English/English-Tuscarora Dictionary (1999)

by Blair A. Rudes

second person singular alienable, pfx. Ba-. second person singular imperative, pfx. fl-/r- BB-/c-. second person singular imperative=first person singular patient. pfx. nak-/ nak"-. second person singular imperative=first person dual ...

A Dictionary of Owa (2014)

A Language of the Solomon Islands by Greg Mellow

Alienable Nouns, Personal Nouns, Local Nouns Alienable nouns are possessed by indirect possession. The possessive classifier ia-na ...

Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences, literature, etc. : intended to supersede the use of other books of reference (1816)

Rights, alienable. A man's natural rights (§ 14) are ...

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Alienable Meaning

Video shows what alienable means. Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.. alienable ...

Scrabble value of A₁L₁I₁E₁N₁A₁B₃L₁E₁

The value of this 9-letter word is 11 points, but it's not an accepted word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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