-able

Signification (Anglais)

1. (morpheme) An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:
2. (morpheme) An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:
3. (morpheme) An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:
4. (morpheme) An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:
5. (morpheme) An adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning:

Concepts

-able

-ible

Synonymes

-ible

able

can

may

Traductions

-ável

-baar

-ível

-ible

-able

-able

-ible

-bar

-abel

-abile

-evole

-abilis

-ibilis

te

-ibile

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ə.bl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: -able

In summary

Inherited from Middle English -able, borrowed from Old French -able, from Latin -ābilis, from -a- or -i- + -bilis (“capable or worthy of being acted upon”), from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form *-dʰli- of *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Not closely related etymologically, though currently related semantically, to able. Displaced native Old English -endlīc.