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  1. -ible, a variant form of -able,is attached to roots, mostly of verbs, to form adjectives with the meaning "capable of, fit for, tending to'':cred- (= believe) + -ible → credible (= that can be believed);vis- (= see) + -ible → visible (= that can be seen);reduce + -ible → reducible (= that can be reduced).
See -ability, -able, -ibility. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025-ible,
  1. var. of -able, occurring in words borrowed from Latin (credible; horrible; visible), or modeled on the Latin type (reducible).
  • Latin -ibil(is) or -ībil(is), equivalent. to -i- or -ī- thematic vowel + -bilis -ble
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ible suffix forming adjectives
  1. a variant of -able
-ibly suffix forming adverbs -ibility suffix forming nouns '-ible' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): flexecutive - infusible - able - accessible - add - adduce - admissible - alible - apprehensible - ascend - assert - autosuggestion - avert - biocompatibility - church invisible - church visible - cognoscible - collapsible - collectible - combustible - comestible - compactible - compatible - comprehensible - compress - conclude - concupiscible - conduce - conduct - congest - connect - construct - contemptible - contract - controvert - convertible - convertible bond - convertible debenture - convertible insurance - convertible lens - convertible preferred stock - convict - convulse - correct - corrigible - corrode - corruptible - credible - deduce - deductible In Lists: English suffixes, more...

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