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-ble

1 American  

  1. variant of -able (soluble ); occurring first in words of Latin origin that came into English through French, later in words taken directly from Latin.

B.L.E. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

Etymology

Origin of -ble

Middle English < Old French < Latin -bilem, accusative of -bilis (masculine and feminine) or < -bile (neuter) adj. suffix

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