-ible

American  

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

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-ible British  

suffix

1. a variant of -able

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• -ibility
  suffix
• -ibly
  suffix

Etymology

Origin of -ible

< Latin -ibil ( is ) or -ībil ( is ), equivalent to -i- or -ī- thematic vowel + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

What should be done with the terminations -able, -ible, -tion, -cial, -tive, -ive, and -sion?

From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Do not confuse -EBL- with -EM- or -IND- in words which in English end in -able or -ible, but have two distinct meanings.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George