partible

[pahr-tuh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.

partible

/ ˈpɑːtəbəl /

adjective

1. (esp of property or an inheritance) divisible; separable

Other Word Forms

• partibility noun
• nonpartible adjective
• unpartible adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of partible¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin partibilis divisible, equivalent to Latin part ( īrī ) to divide, part + -ibilis -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of partible¹

C16: from Late Latin partibilis, from part-, pars _part

Example Sentences

With partible paternity, the woman’s role in producing babies is typically downgraded, unsurprisingly, to “receptacle.”

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There was co-operation in working the fields but no communistic division of the crops, and the individual's hold upon his strips developed rapidly into an inheritable and partible ownership.

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Antonyms: See impartial. partiality, n. bias, favoritism; predilection, inclination, fondness, predisposition, bent. partible, a. separable, divisible, detachable, dissoluble, severable.

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Associated word: cordon. separable, a. divisible, detachable, severable, partible.

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