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-ible

suffix
/ɪbəl/

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).

  1. derived from *-dʰlom✻
  2. derived from -i-

Definitions

  1. An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense

    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.

    • convertible

  2. An instrumental suffix

    An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing:

    • crucible, mandible, thurible

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -ible. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA