-ible

1. variant of -able, occurring in words borrowed from Latin (credible; horrible; visible ), or modeled on the Latin type (reducible ).

-ible

suffix

1. a variant of -able

Other Word Forms

• -ibly suffix
• -ibility suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ible¹

< Latin -ibil ( is ) or -ībil ( is ), equivalent to -i- or -ī- thematic vowel + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

And that’s where we found Ible, a Taiwanese company that created a very specific kind of wearable.

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This holiday season, retail analysts say there has been a dis­cern­ible shift in gift-giving as Americans think beyond traditional presents.

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Shanmugam, who argues before federal appeals courts across the country, said more and more offer either live audio or same-day release of recordings, with no dis­cern­ible effect.

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“At the end of the day, I would suspect that Nancy Pelosi is going to have to explain, what is the dis­cern­ible difference between Al Franken and John Conyers?”

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We posed that question in October — yes, only last month — after a man with an arsenal of guns and no dis­cern­ible motive holed up in a Las Vegas hotel room and killed 58 people in the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.

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