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"text": "movable: able to be moved"
},
{
"text": "amendable: able to be amended"
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"text": "breakable: liable to broken"
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"text": "blamable: fit to be blamed"
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"word": "قابل لـ"
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"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-پذیر"
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"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-alny"
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"word": "-я́емый"
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"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bilir"
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"_dis1": "91 2 3 2 2",
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"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-adwy"
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"word": "-kelpoinen"
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*-dʰli-"
},
"expansion": "*-dʰli-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*-dʰlom",
"3": "",
"4": "instrumental suffix"
},
"expansion": "*-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "-endlīc"
},
"expansion": "Old English -endlīc",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "suffix",
"cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes",
"cat3": "",
"head": "",
"id": ""
},
"expansion": "-able",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes"
},
"expansion": "-able",
"name": "en-suffix"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
"related": [
{
"word": "ability"
},
{
"word": "-ability"
},
{
"word": "able"
},
{
"word": "-worthy"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "movable: able to be moved"
},
{
"text": "amendable: able to be amended"
},
{
"text": "breakable: liable to broken"
},
{
"text": "blamable: fit to be blamed"
},
{
"text": "salable: fit to be sold"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:",
"Able to be done; fit to be done."
],
"links": [
[
"adjectival",
"adjectival#English"
],
[
"suffix",
"suffix#English"
],
[
"Able",
"able"
],
[
"done",
"done"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "fashionable: relevant to fashion"
},
{
"text": "seasonable: suitable to season"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:",
"Relevant to or suitable to, in accordance with."
],
"links": [
[
"adjectival",
"adjectival#English"
],
[
"suffix",
"suffix#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "pleasurable: giving pleasure"
},
{
"text": "peaceable: inclined to peace"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:",
"Giving, or inclined to."
],
"links": [
[
"adjectival",
"adjectival#English"
],
[
"suffix",
"suffix#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "reportable: subject to be reported"
},
{
"text": "taxable: subject to be taxed"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:",
"Subject to."
],
"links": [
[
"adjectival",
"adjectival#English"
],
[
"suffix",
"suffix#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "payable: due to be paid"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:",
"Due to be."
],
"links": [
[
"adjectival",
"adjectival#English"
],
[
"suffix",
"suffix#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ə.bl̩/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "-ible"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qabil li-",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "قابل لـ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔabel le-",
"sense": "able to be done",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "قابل لـ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"tags": [
"-i"
],
"word": "-ի"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ible"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "-dak¹",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-得"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "可-"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-adow"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-elný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-baar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"note": "for words from Latin or Romance languages",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-abel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ebla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-tava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-tävä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ábel"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "-adi",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ადი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "for words from Latin or Romance languages",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-abel"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "yogya",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "योग्य"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ható"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-hető"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ebla"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-abile"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ibile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-abile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ibile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-evole"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "-rareru",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-られる"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ābilis"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "able to be done",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "-bor"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "-āvunna",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ആവുന്ന"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-abel"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bar"
},
{
"code": "osx",
"lang": "Old Saxon",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-پذیر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-alny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-elny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ável"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ível"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-jájemyj",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-я́емый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-ájemyj",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-а́емый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-ímyj",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-и́мый"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ljiv"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ible"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-abel"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bilir"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-adwy"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-baar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-kelpoinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-tava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-tävä"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "-rareru",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-られる"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "yn-"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-abel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-ável"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-ível"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fit to be done",
"word": "-abel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
"word": "-kas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
"word": "-käs"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
"word": "-abel"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
"word": "-bil"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
"word": "-abel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-tava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-tävä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-wert"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-värd"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "due to be",
"word": "-tava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "due to be",
"word": "-tävä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "due to be",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "due to be",
"word": "-bar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "due to be",
"word": "-värd"
}
],
"word": "-able"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Dutch: (before the infinitive) te (nl) (5)",
"path": [
"-able"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-able",
"trace": ""
}
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