"visible" meaning in English

See visible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ Audio: En-us-visible.ogg [US] Forms: more visible [comparative], most visible [superlative]
enPR: vĭz'ə-bəl Rhymes: -ɪbəl Etymology: From Middle English visible, from Old French visible, from Late Latin visibilis (“that may be seen”), from Latin videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see vision. Displaced native Old English ġesewenlīċ. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|visible}} Middle English visible, {{der|en|fro|visible}} Old French visible, {{der|en|LL.|visibilis||that may be seen}} Late Latin visibilis (“that may be seen”), {{der|en|la|videre||to see}} Latin videre (“to see”), {{m|la|visus}} visus, {{ncog|ang|ġesewenlīċ}} Old English ġesewenlīċ Head templates: {{en-adj}} visible (comparative more visible, superlative most visible)
  1. Able to be seen. Categories (topical): Vision Synonyms: apparent, seeable, apparent, eyely [archaic], seeable, spottable, viewable, visible Hypernyms: perceptible Hyponyms: diaphanous, pervious, translucent, transparent Derived forms: visible light, visible minority, visibles, visible spectrum, Visible Speech, visible trade, visible Web Related terms: evidence, video, visage, visibility, vision, visionary, visual, visualization, visualize Translations (able to be seen): sigbaar (Afrikaans), dukshëm (Albanian), ὁρατός (horatós) (Ancient Greek), φανερός (phanerós) (Ancient Greek), مَنْظُور (manẓūr) (Arabic), տեսանելի (tesaneli) (Armenian), visible (Asturian), ба́чны (báčny) [masculine] (Belarusian), hewel (Breton), ви́дим (vídim) [masculine] (Bulgarian), visible (Catalan), دیار (dyar) (Central Kurdish), 看得見 (Chinese Mandarin), 看得见 (kàn de jiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 可看見的 (Chinese Mandarin), 可看见的 (kě kànjiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), viditelný [masculine] (Czech), synlig (Danish), zichtbaar (Dutch), zichtbare (Dutch), videbla (Esperanto), näkyvä (Finnish), visible (French), visible (Galician), შესამჩნევი (šesamčnevi) (Georgian), დასანახი (dasanaxi) (Georgian), ხედვადი (xedvadi) (Georgian), sichtbar (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 (anasiuns) (Gothic), ορατός (oratós) (Greek), φανερός (fanerós) (Greek), vizib (Haitian Creole), נראה (nir'eh) (Hebrew), látható (Hungarian), infheicthe (Irish), sofheicthe (Irish), le feiceáil (Irish), feicseanach (Irish), visibile (Italian), 見える (mieru) (alt: みえる) (Japanese), 目に見える (me ni mieru) (alt: めにみえる) (Japanese), 顕在する (kenzai suru) (alt: けんざいする) (Japanese), 보이는 (boineun) (Korean), spectābilis (Latin), visibilis (Latin), redzams (Latvian), видлив (vidliv) (Macedonian), so-akin (Manx), ari (Maori), synlig (Norwegian), visible (Occitan), ġesewenlīċ (Old English), voiable (Old French), veable (Old French), پیدا (peydâ) (Persian), هویدا (hoveydâ) (Persian), ویدا (vidâ) (Persian), sechtboa (Plautdietsch), widoczny (Polish), widzialny (Polish), visível (Portuguese), ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਗੋਚਰ (driśṭīgocar) (Punjabi), vizibil [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), ви́димый (vídimyj) (Russian), दृश्य (dṛśya) (Sanskrit), दृष्ट (dṛṣṭa) (Sanskrit), вѝдљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ви̑дан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), уо̀чљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), vìdljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vȋdan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), uòčljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), visible (Spanish), synlig (Swedish), tahaw (Tagalog), nakikita (Tagalog), ви́димий (výdymyj) (Ukrainian), ви́дний (výdnyj) (Ukrainian), nhìn thấy được (Vietnamese), khả kiến (Vietnamese), veyåve [feminine, masculine] (Walloon)

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          "text": "When the sun rises, the world becomes visible.",
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          "ref": "2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7",
          "text": "Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.",
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "sigbaar"
        },
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "dukshëm"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "manẓūr",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "مَنْظُور"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tesaneli",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "տեսանելի"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visible"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "báčny",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ба́чны"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "hewel"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vídim",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visible"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "看得見"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kàn de jiàn",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "看得见"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "可看見的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kě kànjiàn de",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "可看见的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "viditelný"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "synlig"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "zichtbaar"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "zichtbare"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "videbla"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "näkyvä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visible"
        },
        {
          "code": "fro",
          "lang": "Old French",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "voiable"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visible"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šesamčnevi",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "შესამჩნევი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dasanaxi",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "დასანახი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xedvadi",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ხედვადი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "sichtbar"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "anasiuns",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oratós",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ορατός"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fanerós",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "φανερός"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "horatós",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ὁρατός"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "phanerós",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "φανερός"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "vizib"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nir'eh",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "נראה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "látható"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "infheicthe"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "sofheicthe"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "le feiceáil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "feicseanach"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visibile"
        },
        {
          "alt": "みえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mieru",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "見える"
        },
        {
          "alt": "めにみえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "me ni mieru",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "目に見える"
        },
        {
          "alt": "けんざいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kenzai suru",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "顕在する"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "boineun",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "보이는"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "dyar",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "دیار"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "spectābilis"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visibilis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "redzams"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vidliv",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "видлив"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "so-akin"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ari"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "synlig"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visible"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ġesewenlīċ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fro",
          "lang": "Old French",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "veable"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "peydâ",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "پیدا"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hoveydâ",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "هویدا"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vidâ",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ویدا"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "sechtboa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "widoczny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "widzialny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visível"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "driśṭīgocar",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਗੋਚਰ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vizibil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vídimyj",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ви́димый"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dṛśya",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "दृश्य"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dṛṣṭa",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "दृष्ट"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "вѝдљив"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ви̑дан"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "уо̀чљив"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "vìdljiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "vȋdan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "uòčljiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "visible"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "synlig"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "tahaw"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "nakikita"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výdymyj",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ви́димий"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výdnyj",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "ви́дний"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "nhìn thấy được"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "word": "khả kiến"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "able to be seen",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veyåve"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪzəb(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbəl"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-visible.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/En-us-visible.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
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      "enpr": "vĭz'ə-bəl"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "hidden"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "invisible"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "visible light"
    },
    {
      "word": "visible minority"
    },
    {
      "word": "visibles"
    },
    {
      "word": "visible spectrum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Visible Speech"
    },
    {
      "word": "visible trade"
    },
    {
      "word": "visible Web"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "visible"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "visible"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "LL.",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "that may be seen"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "videre",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to see"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "visus"
      },
      "expansion": "visus",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġesewenlīċ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġesewenlīċ",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English visible, from Old French visible, from Late Latin visibilis (“that may be seen”), from Latin videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see vision. Displaced native Old English ġesewenlīċ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more visible",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most visible",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "visible (comparative more visible, superlative most visible)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "perceptible"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "diaphanous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "pervious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "translucent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "transparent"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "evidence"
    },
    {
      "word": "video"
    },
    {
      "word": "visage"
    },
    {
      "word": "visibility"
    },
    {
      "word": "vision"
    },
    {
      "word": "visionary"
    },
    {
      "word": "visual"
    },
    {
      "word": "visualization"
    },
    {
      "word": "visualize"
    }
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        {
          "word": "hidden"
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        {
          "word": "invisible"
        }
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        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Late Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪbəl",
        "en:Vision"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When the sun rises, the world becomes visible.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7",
          "text": "Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Able to be seen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "seen",
          "seen"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "apparent"
        },
        {
          "word": "seeable"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪzəb(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-visible.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/En-us-visible.ogg/En-us-visible.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/En-us-visible.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "vĭz'ə-bəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "apparent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "eyely"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "seeable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "spottable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "viewable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:visible",
      "word": "visible"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "sigbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "dukshëm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "manẓūr",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "مَنْظُور"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tesaneli",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "տեսանելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visible"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "báčny",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "hewel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vídim",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́дим"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visible"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "看得見"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kàn de jiàn",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "看得见"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "可看見的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kě kànjiàn de",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "可看见的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viditelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "synlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "zichtbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "zichtbare"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "videbla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "näkyvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visible"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "voiable"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visible"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šesamčnevi",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "შესამჩნევი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dasanaxi",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "დასანახი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xedvadi",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ხედვადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "sichtbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "anasiuns",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oratós",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ορατός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fanerós",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "φανερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "horatós",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ὁρατός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phanerós",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "φανερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "vizib"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nir'eh",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "נראה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "látható"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "infheicthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "sofheicthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "le feiceáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "feicseanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visibile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mieru",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "見える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めにみえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "me ni mieru",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "目に見える"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けんざいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kenzai suru",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "顕在する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "boineun",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "보이는"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "dyar",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "دیار"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "spectābilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visibilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "redzams"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vidliv",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "видлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "so-akin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ari"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "synlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visible"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ġesewenlīċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "veable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "peydâ",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "پیدا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hoveydâ",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "هویدا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vidâ",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ویدا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "sechtboa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "widoczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "widzialny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visível"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "driśṭīgocar",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਗੋਚਰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vizibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vídimyj",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ви́димый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dṛśya",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "दृश्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dṛṣṭa",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "दृष्ट"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "вѝдљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ви̑дан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "уо̀чљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "vìdljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "vȋdan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "uòčljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "visible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "synlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "tahaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "nakikita"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výdymyj",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ви́димий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výdnyj",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "ви́дний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "nhìn thấy được"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "word": "khả kiến"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "able to be seen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veyåve"
    }
  ],
  "word": "visible"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.