-ible — Suffixe, du lat. ibilis, qui exprime la possibilité d être (lisible, qui peut être lu) et qui sert à former des adjectifs. ⇒ ABLE, IBLE, UBLE, suff. Sert à former des adj. à partir de verbes, exprime la possibilité. I. Suffixe formateur d… … Encyclopédie Universelle
-ible — 1 V. « ble». 2 Se emplea en algunas desfiguraciones jocosas de las palabras: ‘deshonrible, voquible’. ⇒ *Afijo. * * * ible. suf. V. ‒ble … Enciclopedia Universal
-ible — suffix forming adjectives from verbs, borrowed in Middle English from O.Fr. ible and directly from L. ibilis; see ABLE (Cf. able) … Etymology dictionary
-ible — i*ble See { able}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-ible — sufijo 1. ble … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
-ible — suf. ☛ V. ‒ble … Diccionario de la lengua española
-ible — ► SUFFIX forming adjectives: 1) able to be: defensible. 2) suitable for being: edible. 3) causing: horrible. DERIVATIVES ibility suffix ibly suffix. ORIGIN Latin ibilis … English terms dictionary
-ible — [i bəl, ə bəl] [L ibilis] suffix ABLE: used to form adjectives derived directly from Latin verbs ending in ire or ere [divisible, legible] … English World dictionary
ible — im·mers·ible; im·press·ible; in·cor·rupt·ible·ness; in·elud·ible; in·ex·pung·ible; in·fect·ible; in·flect·ible; in·fract·ible; in·gest·ible; in·struct·ible; in·ter·rupt·ible; in·tro·duc·ible; in·vert·ible; op·press·ible; per·fect·ible;… … English syllables
-ible — suffix forming adjectives meaning that may or may be (see ABLE) (terrible; forcible; possible). Etymology: F ible or L ibilis * * * see able * * * var. of able, occurring in words borrowed from Latin (credible; horrible; … Useful english dictionary
