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-ible

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


-ible

suffix forming adjectives

  1. See -able
    a variant of -able


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Derived Forms

  • -ibility, suffix:forming_nouns
  • -ibly, suffix:forming_adverbs

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ible1

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

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Example Sentences

Redress′ible, that may be redressed; Redress′ive, affording redress; Redress′less, without relief.

The suffixes able and ible are sometimes troublesome because it is difficult to know which ending to write.

Terr′ible-in′fant, an inconveniently outspoken child—the Fr.

I who say it have preserve' my belief in what she will become through the discouragement ter-r-ible.

Our list of words in this week's lesson contain some of the most common words which we use ending in ible or able.

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