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"word": "transmissible"
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"word": "unintelligible"
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"word": "unsusceptible"
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"word": "visible"
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"text": "convertible"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-able"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ible"
},
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"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-baar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ebla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "able to be done",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "able to be done",
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"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ible"
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{
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "able to be done",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ადი"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-bar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"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": "it",
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"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-ibile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-abile"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rareru",
"sense": "able to be done",
"word": "-られる"
},
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"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": "-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"
},
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"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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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
"word": "-abel"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with",
"word": "-bar"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-baar"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-ebla"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"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"
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
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"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-ibile"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-ável"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
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},
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"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"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-ible"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense",
"word": "-bar"
}
],
"word": "-ible"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English suffixes",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
],
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{
"word": "crucible"
},
{
"word": "mandible"
},
{
"word": "thurible"
}
],
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"2": "-bulum"
},
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"name": "m"
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"args": {
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"An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing:",
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