"expressible" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expressible.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more expressible [comparative], most expressible [superlative], expressable [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English express Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English expressible From express + -ible. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|express|-ible|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English express Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English expressible [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlom", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ibilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ible", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ible", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ible", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "expressible", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="expressible"> From express + -ible. Head templates: {{en-adj}} expressible (comparative more expressible, superlative most expressible)
  1. Able to be expressed. Synonyms: articulable, enunciable, pronounceable Derived forms: expressibly, nonexpressible, unexpressible Related terms: expressibility Translations (able to be expressed): expressable (Catalan), vyjádřitelný (Czech), esprimebla (Esperanto), expressible (French), exprimable (French), kifejezhető (Hungarian), espressibile (Italian), yn-fockley (Manx), expressável (Portuguese), exprimível (Portuguese), exprimabil (Romanian), expresable (Spanish)

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɛk.spʁɛ.sibl/, /ɛk.spʁe.sibl/ Forms: expressibles [plural]
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  1. expressible Synonyms: exprimable Derived forms: inexpressiblement, inexpressible Related terms: expressif, expression, exprimer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "[...] pour qu’en faisant y=F·x, l’on ait z=f·x, & qu’on pouvoit toujours la conſtruire, quand même les quantités M, N, V, F, x & f·x, ne ſeroient pas ſoumiſes à la loi de continuité, ni par conſéquent expreſſibles analytiquement.",
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