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Dictionary: -able
or -ible
suff.
  1. Susceptible, capable, or worthy of a specified action: debatable.
  2. Inclined or given to a specified state or action: changeable.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ābilis, -ibilis : -ā- and -i-, thematic vowels + -bilis, adj. suff..]


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Dansk (Danish)
suff. - -abel

Français (French)
suff. - (suff.) capable de, qui convient à, approprié à, digne de

Deutsch (German)
suff. - bezeichnet Fähigkeit oder Machbarkeit, ...bar, ...sam

Ελληνική (Greek)
suff. - ικανός, άξιος, επιτήδειος, -ιμος, -ήσιμος, -τος (κατάλληλος για, άξιος, που μπορεί να)

Español (Spanish)
suff. - -able

Svenska (Swedish)
suff. - -abel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
能...的, 可以...的, 有...倾向的, 适于...的, ...有特性的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
suff. - 能...的, 可以...的, 有...傾向的, 適於...的, ...有特性的

한국어 (Korean)
suff. - ~할 수 있는

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اخر الكلمه) لاحقه معناه قابل ل , أو عرضه ل , أو صالح ل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
suff. - ‮(סופית) ניתן ל-‬


 
 
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