"-ability" meaning in English

See -ability in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [US]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ablete}} Middle English -ablete, {{der|en|frm|-ableté}} Middle French -ableté, {{der|en|la|-abilitas}} Latin -abilitas Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ability, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -ability
  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 Synonyms: -ibility Translations (Forms a noun from a verb): -abilité (French), -abilidade [feminine] (Galician), -barkeit [feminine] (German), -hatóság (Hungarian), -hetőség (Hungarian), képesség (Hungarian), -itas (Indonesian), -abilitas (Indonesian), keboleh--an (Malay), keter--an (Malay), -abilidade (Portuguese), -abilitate [feminine] (Romanian), -ibilitate [feminine] (Romanian), -abilidade (Spanish), -barhet (Swedish), -bilirlik (Turkish), -abilite (Turkish)
    Sense id: en--ability-en-suffix-OqYysjFZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Derived forms: absorbability, absorbable, acceptability, acceptable, accountability, accountable, adaptability, adaptable, affability, affable, availability, available, bouncebackability, capability, capable, culpability, culpable, desirability, desirable, durability, flammability, inability, inflammability, instability, liability, malleability, nonability, palpability, probability, readability, reliability, respectability, stability, suitability, teachability, traceability, variability Related terms: agreeability, availability, avoidability, disability, clusterability, collocability, combinability, countability, crystallizability, 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

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "keboleh--an"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "keter--an"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-abilidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-abilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ibilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-abilidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-barhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-bilirlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Forms a noun from a verb",
      "word": "-abilite"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ability"
}

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