communicable

 
Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːnɪkəb(ə)l/

adjective

  • able to be communicated to others: the value of the product must be communicable to the potential consumers
  • (of a disease) able to be transmitted from one sufferer to another; contagious or infectious: the fight against communicable disease a highly communicable form of conjunctivitis

Derivatives

communicability

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪlɪti/
noun

communicably

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'communicating, having communication'): from Old French, from late Latin communicabilis, from the verb communicare 'to share' (see communicate)