programable

English

Etymology

From program +‎ -able.

Adjective

programable (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of programmable.
   • 2015, Per Olof Lindblad, “The computer BESK and an early attempt to simulate galactic dynamics”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     A decade later, and with the arrival of the first programable computers, computations of galactic dynamics were performed, which were later transferred into a N-body simulation movie.

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish programa

Spanish -ar

Spanish programar

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish programable

From programar + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoɡɾaˈmable/ [pɾo.ɣ̞ɾaˈma.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: pro‧gra‧ma‧ble

Adjective

programable m or f (masculine and feminine plural programables)

1. programmable

Further reading

• “programable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025