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tible

/ˈtaɪbəl/

EN

A common suffix meaning "capable of being [acted upon]", used to form adjectives from verbs; an alternative spelling of "-ible".

The word 'convertible' ends with the suffix tible.

Etymology

Derived from Latin -tibilis, a combination of the past participle suffix -t- and the adjectival suffix -ibilis. It entered English through French spelling conventions, as an alternative form of the suffix -ible.

Translations

简体中文
后缀tible(表示“可被…的”)
繁體中文
後綴tible(表示「可被…的」)
日本語
接尾辞 tible(「~されうる」の意)
한국어
접미사 tible (~될 수 있는),뜻
Deutsch
Suffix -tible
Español
sufijo tible
Português
sufixo tível
Français
suffixe -tible
Català
sufix -tible
Tiếng Việt
hậu tố tible

Collocations

suffix tible-tible ending

Synonyms

-ible

Related Words

-able-iblesuffixadjective