"-ible" meaning in English

See -ible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ibilis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-ibilis}} Latin -ibilis Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=unproductive suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ible, {{en-suffix|cat2=unproductive suffixes}} -ible
  1. An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning "able to be", "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with", or expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense. Tags: morpheme Related terms: able Translations (able to be done): -able (Catalan), -ible (Catalan), -baar (Dutch), -ebla (Esperanto), -tava (Finnish), -tävä (Finnish), -ible (French), -ábel [feminine, masculine] (Galician), -able [feminine, masculine] (Galician), -ადი (-adi) (Georgian), -bar (German), -ható (Hungarian), -hető (Hungarian), -ebla (Ido), -ibile (Italian), -abile (Italian), -られる (rareru) (Japanese), -ável (Portuguese), -ível (Portuguese), -bil (Romanian), -а́емый (-ájemyj) (Russian), -а́ющийся (-ájuščijsja) (Russian), -bar (Swedish), -ber (West Frisian) Translations (expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense): -baar (Dutch), -ebla (Esperanto), -tava (Finnish), -tävä (Finnish), -ábel [feminine, masculine] (Galician), -ibile (Italian), -abile (Italian), -られる (rareru) (Japanese), -ável (Portuguese), -ível (Portuguese), -bil (Romanian), -able (Spanish), -ible (Spanish), -bar (Swedish) Translations (relevant or suitable to, in accordance with): etc. (Dutch), -abel (Swedish), -bar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--ible-en-suffix-HFEZDz7w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 64 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 14 14 Derived forms: -ibly, accessible, admissible, alible, apprehensible, audible, collectible, combustible, comestible, compatible, comprehensible, compressible, concupiscible, contemptible, convertible, corrigible, corruptible, credible, deductible, defeasible, defensible, destructible, diffusible, digestible, dirigible, discernible, distensible, divisible, edible, eligible, emulsible, expansible, extensible, fallible, feasible, flexible, foible, forcible, frangible, fungible, fusible, gullible, horrible, illegible, immersible, immiscible, impartible, impassible, imperceptible, impermissible, implausible, impossible, impressible, inaccessible, inadmissible, inaudible, incoercible, incombustible, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, incontrovertible, inconvertible, inconvincible, incorrigible, incorruptible, incredible, indefeasible, indefectible, indefensible, indelible, indestructible, indigestible, indiscernible, indivisible, inedible, ineligible, inexhaustible, inexpressible, inextensible, infallible, infeasible, inflexible, infrangible, infusible, insensible, insuppressible, insusceptible, intangible, intelligible, invincible, invisible, irascible, irreducible, irrefrangible, irremissible, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, legible, miscible, negligible, nondeductible, omissible, ostensible, partible, passible, perceptible, perfectible, permissible, persuasible, plausible, plug-compatible, possible, prescriptible, putrescible, refrangible, remissible, reprehensible, resistible, responsible, reversible, risible, runcible spoon, self-compatible, self-incompatible, semiflexible, semisubmersible, sensible, submergible, submersible, suggestible, supersensible, susceptible, tangible, tax-deductible, terrible, transmissible, unintelligible, unsusceptible, vendible, vincible, visible
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -able (english: productive)
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -i- + -bulum (instrumental suffix) or -bula (instrumental suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom. Related to Latin suffixes -brum (candelabrum) and -bra (vertebra). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-i-}} Latin -i-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*-dʰlom}} Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ible, {{en-suffix}} -ible
  1. An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing:
    a tool or instrument
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ible-en-suffix-xOZpz~x2
  2. An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing:
    a place or location
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ible-en-suffix-T~JYj9Yn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -able (english: productive) Derived forms: crucible, mandible, thurible
Etymology number: 2
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-able"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-ible"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-baar"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-ebla"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-tava"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-tävä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-ible"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "-ábel"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "-able"
        },
        {
          "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": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-ható"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-hető"
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-ebla"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "able to be done",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "able to be done",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rareru",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-られる"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "able to be done",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "able to be done",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-bil"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ájemyj",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-а́емый"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-ájuščijsja",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-а́ющийся"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-bar"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "able to be done",
          "word": "-ber"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
          "word": "etc."
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
          "word": "-abel"
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        {
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
          "word": "-bar"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-tävä"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "-ábel"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-ibile"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-abile"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rareru",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-られる"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-ável"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-ível"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-bil"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-able"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-ible"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
          "word": "-bar"
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