"-ability" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [English]

IPA: /-əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [UK], /-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [Canada, General-Australian, US], [-əˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] [Canada, General-Australian, US] Forms: -abilities [plural], -ibility [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability From Middle English -ablete, -iblete, -abilite, -ibilite, from Middle French -ableté, -ibleté, -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, from -abilis (“able”) or -ibilis (“able”) + -tas. Equivalent to -able + -ity. See ability. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:inh|enm:-ablete<ety:bor<frm:-ableté<ety:inh<la:-abilitas<ety:af<-ābilis><-tās>>>>>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability, {{inh|en|enm|-ablete}} Middle English -ablete, {{der|en|frm|-ableté}} Middle French -ableté, {{der|en|la|-abilitas}} Latin -abilitas, {{af|en|-able|-ity}} -able + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} -ability (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -abilities)
  1. Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition. Tags: morpheme, uncountable, usually Translations (forms a noun from a verb): -abilité (French), -barkeit [feminine] (German), -hatóság (Hungarian), -hetőség (Hungarian), képesség (Hungarian), -itas (Indonesian), -abilitas (Indonesian), keboleh--an (Malay), keter--an (Malay), -ość [feminine] (Polish), -abilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), -abilitate [feminine] (Romanian), -ibilitate [feminine] (Romanian), -barhet (Swedish), -bilirlik (Turkish), -abilite (Turkish)
    Sense id: en--ability-en-suffix-OqYysjFZ Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Derived forms: absorbability, acceptability, accountability, adaptability, affability, availability, bouncebackability, capability, culpability, desirability, durability, flammability, inability, inflammability, instability, liability, malleability, nonability, palpability, probability, readability, reliability, respectability, stability, suitability, teachability, traceability, variability Related terms (other terms ending in "ability"): agreeability, availability, avoidability, clusterability, collocability, combinability, countability, crystallizability, disability, editability, enforceability, enjoyability, factorizability, falsifiability, googlability, googleability, governability, impassability, impassibility, installability, investigability, mappability, mouldability, movability, passability, playability, preventability, printability, rapability, rationalizability, recognizability, registerability, removability, repairability, resettability, respectability, scanability, seeability, supportability, togglability, tolerability, treatability, undoability, universalisability, unmappability, usability, washability, wearability, winnability, writability

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-dʰlis\nProto-Italic *-ðlis\nLatin -bilis\nLatin -ābilis\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts\nProto-Italic *-tāts\nLatin -tās\nLatin -abilitas\nMiddle French -abletébor.\nMiddle English -ablete\nEnglish -ability\nFrom Middle English -ablete, -iblete, -abilite, -ibilite, from Middle French -ableté, -ibleté, -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, from -abilis (“able”) or -ibilis (“able”) + -tas. Equivalent to -able + -ity. See ability.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-abilities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ibility",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "-ability (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -abilities)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "agreeability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "availability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "avoidability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "clusterability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "collocability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "combinability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "countability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "crystallizability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "disability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "editability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "enforceability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "enjoyability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "factorizability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "falsifiability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "googlability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "googleability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "governability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "impassability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "impassibility"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "installability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "investigability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "mappability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "mouldability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "movability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "passability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "playability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "preventability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "printability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "rapability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "rationalizability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "recognizability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "registerability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "removability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "repairability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "resettability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "respectability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "scanability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "seeability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "supportability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "togglability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "tolerability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "treatability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "undoability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "universalisability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "unmappability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "usability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "washability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "wearability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "winnability"
    },
    {
      "sense": "other terms ending in \"ability\"",
      "word": "writability"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English noun-forming suffixes",
        "English productive suffixes",
        "English suffixes",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Middle French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms suffixed with -able",
        "English terms suffixed with -ity",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with inline etymon for redlinks",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "cook + -ability → cookability"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inclination",
          "inclination"
        ],
        [
          "suitability",
          "suitability"
        ],
        [
          "specified",
          "specified"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-Australian",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-əˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-Australian",
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-abilité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-barkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-hatóság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-hetőség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "képesség"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-itas"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-abilitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "keboleh--an"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "keter--an"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-abilidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-abilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ibilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-barhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-bilirlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-abilite"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ability"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-ability"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ability",
  "trace": ""
}

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