-able — ♦ Élément, du lat. abilis, signifiant « qui peut être » (récupérable, ministrable) ou moins souvent « qui donne », « enclin à » (secourable, pitoyable). able Suffixe, du lat. abilis, qui peut être (ex. faisable, mangeable) ou enclin à être ( … Encyclopédie Universelle
-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
-uble — ⇒ ABLE, IBLE, UBLE, suff. Sert à former des adj. à partir de verbes, exprime la possibilité. I. Suffixe formateur d adjectifs à partir de verbes transitifs directs et exprimant la possibilité passive (« que l on peut » + infinitif) On observera… … Encyclopédie Universelle
-abel — a|bel [a:bl̩] adjektivisches Suffix; als Basiswort in der Regel ein Verb auf »ieren«>: kennzeichnet eine Eignung, Fähigkeit, Verwendungsmöglichkeit: 1. <passivisch> so geartet, dass es … werden kann; bar, fähig: justiziabel; kritikabel;… … Universal-Lexikon
-able — suffix expressing ability, capacity, fitness, from French, from L. ibilis, abilis, forming adjectives from verbs, from PIE * tro , a suffix used to form nouns of instrument. In Latin, infinitives in are took abilis, others ibilis; in English,… … Etymology dictionary
-able — a*ble ( [.a]*b l). [F. able, L. abilis.] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-ible — able a*ble ( [.a]*b l). [F. able, L. abilis.] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-ability — also ibility noun suffix Etymology: Middle English abilite, ibilite, from Anglo French abilité, ibilité, from Latin abilitas, ibilitas, from abilis, ibilis able + tas ty capacity, fitness, or tendency to act or be acted on in a (specified) way … New Collegiate Dictionary
-able — also ible adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin abilis, ibilis, from a , i , verb stem vowels + bilis capable or worthy of 1. capable of, fit for, or worthy of (being so acted upon or toward) chiefly in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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