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-ível

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See also: ivel, ível, i-vel, I-vel, í-vel, Í-vel, and Ivel

Portuguese

Alternative forms

-ible (Beira, Northern Portugal)

Etymology

From Latin -ibilis.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vew/ [ˈi.veʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.vɛl/ [ˈi.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.bɛl/ [ˈi.βɛɫ]

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ivew, (Portugal) -ivɛl
Hyphenation: -í‧vel

Suffix

-ível m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -íveis)

-able, -ible; alternative form of -ável
‎abolir (“to abolish”) + ‎-ível → ‎abolível (“abolishable”)

‎compor (“to compose”) + ‎-ível → ‎componível (“composable”)

‎esquecer (“to forget”) + ‎-ível → ‎esquecível (“forgettable”)

Usage notes

This form is generally appended to 2nd- and 3rd-conjugation verb stems and, in some cases, to Latin stems, such as those of verbs ending in -por, -ter, and -ver (respectively -pon-, from Latin pono; -ten-, from Latin teneo; and -ven-, from Latin venio).
Some words ending in -ível are descended directly from Latin instead of being formed from a stem and a suffix.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ível

Further reading

“-ível”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“-ível”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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