communicable

UK: /kəˈmjuːnɪkəb^əl/

US: /kəˈmjunɪkəbəl/

US: (kə myo̅o̅′ni kə bəl)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

com•mu•ni•ca•ble /kəˈmyunɪkəbəl/   adj. 

1. Pathology easily communicated or transmitted to another:
   a communicable disease.

com•mu•ni•ca•bil•i•ty /kəˌmyunɪkəˈbɪlɪti/  com•mu•ni•ca•ble•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

com•mu•ni•ca•ble  (kə myo̅o̅′ni kə bəl), adj. 

1. Pathology capable of being easily communicated or transmitted:
   communicable information; a communicable disease.
2. talkative;
   communicative.

• Late Latin commūnicābilis, equivalent. to commūnicā(re) (see communicate) + -bilis -ble
• Middle English 1350–1400

com•mu′ni•ca•bil′i•ty, com•mu′ni•ca•ble•ness, n. 
com•mu′ni•ca•bly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

communicable / kəˈmjuːnɪkəb^əl/ adjective

1. capable of being communicated
2. (of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily

comˌmunicaˈbility, comˈmunicableness noun

comˈmunicably adverb