"perfectible" meaning in All languages combined

See perfectible on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more perfectible [comparative], most perfectible [superlative]
Etymology: From perfect + -ible. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|perfect|ible}} perfect + -ible Head templates: {{en-adj}} perfectible (comparative more perfectible, superlative most perfectible)
  1. Able to be perfected; capable of perfection. Derived forms: perfectibility, perfectibly Translations (able to be perfected; capable of perfection): vervollkommnungsfähig (German)

Adjective [French]

IPA: /pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-perfectible.wav Forms: perfectibles [plural]
Etymology: From Latin perfectus + -ible. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|perfectus}} Latin perfectus, {{af|fr|-ible}} -ible Head templates: {{fr-adj}} perfectible (plural perfectibles)
  1. perfectible Synonyms: améliorable

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /peɾfeɡˈtible/, [peɾ.feɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le] Forms: perfectibles [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ible Head templates: {{es-adj}} perfectible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perfectibles)
  1. perfectible Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: perfectibilidad
    Sense id: en-perfectible-es-adj-jCeSbS6y Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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