-ability
suffixUK /-əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ · AU, CA, US /-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
Etymology From Middle English -ablete, -iblete, -abilite, -ibilite, from Middle French -ableté, -ibleté, -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, from -abilis (“able”) or -ibilis (“able”) + -tas. Equivalent to -able + -ity. See ability.
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Morpheme, Usually Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition.
- cook + -ability → cookability
- Derived terms
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absorbability, acceptability, accountability, adaptability, affability, availability, bouncebackability, capability, culpability, desirability, durability, flammability, inability, inflammability, instability, liability, malleability, nonability, palpability, probability, readability, reliability, respectability, stability, suitability, teachability, traceability, variability- Related terms
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agreeability, availability, avoidability, clusterability, collocability, combinability, countability, crystallizability, disability, editability, enforceability, enjoyability, factorizability, falsifiability, googlability, googleability, governability, impassability, impassibility, installability, investigability, mappability, mouldability, movability, passability, playability, preventability, printability, rapability, rationalizability, recognizability, registerability, removability, repairability, resettability, respectability, scanability, seeability, supportability, togglability, tolerability, treatability, undoability, universalisability, unmappability, usability, washability, wearability, winnability, writability