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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsʌfəɹəb(ə)l/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsʌfɹəb(ə)l/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more sufferable [comparative], most sufferable [superlative], or obsolete [archaic]
Etymology: PIE word *upó From Middle English sufferable, souffrable (“bearable, endurable, tolerable; allowable, permissible; able to or willing to bear hardship; forbearing, long-suffering; calm, self-restrained, slow to anger; capable of suffering”), from Anglo-Norman sufferable, souffrable, and Old French souffrable, suffrable (“sufferable, tolerable”)), from Medieval Latin sufferābilis, from Latin sufferre + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’). Sufferre is the present active infinitive of sufferō, subferō (“to bear or carry under; to bear, endure, suffer, undergo”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, under’) + ferō (“to bear, carry; to endure, suffer, tolerate”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)). The English word is analysable as suffer + -able. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*upó}} *upó, {{PIE word|en|upó}} PIE word *upó, {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{inh|en|enm|sufferable}} Middle English sufferable, {{m|enm|souffrable|t=bearable, endurable, tolerable; allowable, permissible; able to or willing to bear hardship; forbearing, long-suffering; calm, self-restrained, slow to anger; capable of suffering}} souffrable (“bearable, endurable, tolerable; allowable, permissible; able to or willing to bear hardship; forbearing, long-suffering; calm, self-restrained, slow to anger; capable of suffering”), {{der|en|xno|sufferable}} Anglo-Norman sufferable, {{m|xno|souffrable}} souffrable, {{der|en|fro|souffrable}} Old French souffrable, {{m|fro|suffrable|t=sufferable, tolerable}} suffrable (“sufferable, tolerable”), {{der|en|ML.|sufferābilis}} Medieval Latin sufferābilis, {{der|en|la|sufferre}} Latin sufferre, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{m|la|-ābilis|pos=suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’}} -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’), {{m|la||Sufferre}} Sufferre, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{m|la|sufferō}} sufferō, {{m|la|subferō|t=to bear or carry under; to bear, endure, suffer, undergo}} subferō (“to bear or carry under; to bear, endure, suffer, undergo”), {{m|la|sub-|pos=prefix meaning ‘below, under’}} sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, under’), {{m|la|ferō|t=to bear, carry; to endure, suffer, tolerate}} ferō (“to bear, carry; to endure, suffer, tolerate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-|t=to bear, carry}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), {{suffix|en|suffer|able}} suffer + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} sufferable (comparative more sufferable, superlative most sufferable)
  1. Able to suffer, endure, or tolerate. Synonyms: tolerant, patient
    Sense id: en-sufferable-en-adj-D8iWZQ0u Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 73 27
  2. Capable of being endured, tolerated, permitted, or allowed. Synonyms: endurable, tolerable, permissible, allowable
    Sense id: en-sufferable-en-adj-Hq9pX30c Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sufferableness, sufferably

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  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ('archaic',): 'or obsolete' in 'sufferable (comparative more sufferable, superlative most sufferable) (archaic or obsolete)'",
  "path": [
    "sufferable"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "sufferable",
  "trace": ""
}

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