nontransferable
/ˌnɒntˌɹænsˈfɜːəbəl/non-trans-FUR-uh-buhl
/ˌnɑntˌɹænsˈfɝəbəl/nahn-trans-FUR-uh-buhl
Meaningnot carriable across
Common meaning: restricted to its original holder
Other meanings: cannot be handed on
- nonnot
- transacross
- ferto bear, bringLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 737 · scan
- ableable to be
‘not’ + ‘across’ + ‘to bear, bring’ → nontransferable
Journey through time
- Latinferō, tulī, lātum‘to bear, bring’
- Englishnontransferable‘restricted to its original holder’ · today
non- also in: nonverbalnonchalantnontrivialnonphysicalnonresident
trans- also in: transittranslatetransporttransducertransgender
fer also in: coniferindifference
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin ferō ‘to bear, bring’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ferō, p. 737 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ferō, tulī, lātum Latin “to bear, bring”
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