communicable

From Old French communicable, Latin communicabilis.

communicable (comparative more communicable, superlative most communicable)

1. (epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.

   Hypernym: infectious

   Synonyms: transmissible, spreadable, catching (but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)

   Antonyms: nontransmissible, noncommunicable

   Hyponym: contagious

2. Readily communicated.

   Antonyms: incommunicable, ineffable

3. Talkative or expansive.

• communicability

From communiquer +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.ni.kabl/

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communicable (plural communicables)

1. communicable

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