corruptible

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French corroptible

Adjective

corruptible (comparative more corruptible, superlative most corruptible)

1. (of a person) bribable, that can be bought
   • 1791, Edmund Burke, A Letter from Mr. Burke: To a Member of the National Assembly; in Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs, Paris, Printed, Dublin, reprinted by William Porter, page 31:

     They systematically corrupt a very corruptible race, (for some time a growing nuisance amongst you)

   Antonyms: incorruptible, unbribable

2. perishable, subject to decay
   • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Peter 1:18.

     that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and golde,

   Antonym: incorruptible

Synonyms

• (possible to corrupt): corruptable

Translations

bribable, that can be bought

• French: corruptible (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

perishable, subject to decay

• Greek:

  Ancient: φθαρτός (phthartós)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: ապականացու (apakanacʻu)

• Catalan: corruptible (ca)
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• German: bestechlich (de)
• Italian: corruttibile (it), corrompibile
• Manx: yn-villey, yn-chleayney, yn-trullaghey

Noun

corruptible (plural corruptibles)

1. (archaic) That which may decay and perish; the human body.
   • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:53.

     For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁyp.tibl/

Adjective

corruptible (plural corruptibles)

1. corruptible

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korubˈtible/ [ko.ruβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]

• Audio (Argentina):

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Adjective

corruptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural corruptibles)

1. corruptible

Related terms

• corruptamente
• corruptela
• corruptibilidad
• corrupción
• corruptivo
• corrupto
• corruptor
• corrompido
• corrompidamente
• corromper
• corrompedor