resorbable
/ɹɪˈzɔː(ɹ)bəbəl/adjective
resorbable is an adjective meaning “Able to be resorbed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-O-R-B-A-B-L-E, and it appears about once in every 58 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does resorbable mean?
adjective
- 1
Able to be resorbed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce resorbable?
- /ɹɪˈzɔː(ɹ)bəbəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of resorbable
- more resorbable comparative
- most resorbable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is resorbable?
Resorbable appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Resorbable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | résorbable |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does resorbable come from?
From resorb + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).