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-ible

variant of -able, occurring in words borrowed from Latin (credible; horrible; visible), or modeled on the Latin type (reducible).

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Nearby words

  1. -iasis,
  2. -iatric,
  3. -iatrics,
  4. -iatry,
  5. -ibility,
  6. -ibly,
  7. -ic,
  8. -ical,
  9. -ically,
  10. -ice

Origin of -ible

< Latin -ibil(is) or -ībil(is), equivalent to -i- or -ī- thematic vowel + -bilis -ble
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British Dictionary definitions for -ible

-ible

suffix forming adjectives

a variant of -able
Derived Forms-ibly, suffix forming adverbs-ibility, suffix forming nouns
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Word Origin and History for -ible

-ible

suffix forming adjectives from verbs, borrowed in Middle English from Old French -ible and directly from Latin -ibilis; see -able.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper