-ible 🔊 suffix /ɪbəl/ · /əbəl/
Etymology From Middle English -ible, from Old French -ible, from Latin -ibilis.
1 Morpheme An adjective suffix, now usually in a passive sense; forms adjectives meaning "able to be", "relevant or suitable to, in accordance with", or expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense.
Derived terms 144 terms -ibly , accessible , admissible , alible , apprehensible , audible , collectible , combustible , comestible , compatible , comprehensible , compressible , concupiscible , contemptible , convertible , corrigible , corruptible , credible , deductible , defeasible , defensible , destructible , diffusible , digestible , dirigible , discernible , distensible , divisible , edible , eligible , emulsible, expansible , extensible , fallible , feasible , flexible , foible , forcible , frangible , fungible , fusible , gullible , horrible , illegible , immersible , immiscible , impartible , impassible , imperceptible , impermissible , implausible , impossible , impressible , inaccessible , inadmissible , inaudible , incoercible , incombustible , incompatible , incomprehensible , incompressible , incontrovertible , inconvertible , inconvincible , incorrigible , incorruptible , incredible , indefeasible , indefectible , indefensible , indelible , indestructible , indigestible , indiscernible , indivisible , inedible , ineligible , inexhaustible , inexpressible , inextensible , infallible , infeasible , inflexible , infrangible , infusible , insensible , insuppressible , insusceptible , intangible , intelligible , invincible , invisible , irascible , irreducible , irrefrangible , irremissible , irrepressible , irresistible , irresponsible , irreversible , legible , miscible , negligible , nondeductible , omissible , ostensible , partible , passible , perceptible , perfectible , permissible , persuasible , plausible , plug-compatible, possible , prescriptible , putrescible , refrangible , remissible , reprehensible , resistible , responsible , reversible , risible , runcible spoon , self-compatible , self-incompatible , semiflexible , semisubmersible , sensible , submergible , submersible , suggestible , supersensible , susceptible , tangible , tax-deductible , terrible , transmissible , unintelligible , unsusceptible , vendible , vincible , visible
-ible 🔊 suffix Etymology From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -i- + -bulum (instrumental suffix) or -bula (instrumental suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom. Related to Latin suffixes -brum (candelabrum) and -bra (vertebra).
› An instrumental suffix; forms nouns representing:
1 Morpheme a tool or instrument
crucible, mandible, thurible 2 Morpheme a place or location