destructible

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English destruct

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ibilis

Old French -ibleder.

Middle English -ible

English -ible

English destructible

From destruct + -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹʌktɪbəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

destructible (comparative more destructible, superlative most destructible)

1. Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

Synonyms

• breakable, destroyable, wreckable
• See also Thesaurus:fragile

Antonyms

• indestructible, undestroyable, unbreakable, unwreckable (incapable of being destroyed)
• constructible, producible (capable of being constructed)

Derived terms

• biodestructible
• destructibleness
• indestructible
• undestructible

Translations

liable to destruction

• Catalan: destructible
• Czech: zničitelný
• French: destructible (fr)
• Greek: φθαρτός (el) m (fthartós), καταστρέψιμος m (katastrépsimos), καταστρεπτικός (el) (katastreptikós), αφανιστικός (el) (afanistikós)
• Hindi: विनाशी (hi) (vināśī), नश्वर (hi) (naśvar)
• Japanese: 壊せる (ja) (kowaseru), 壊れやすい (ja) (kowasreyasui), 脆い (ja) (moroi)
• Manx: so-stroie
• Polish: zniszczalny (pl)
• Romanian: distructibil m or n, nimicibil
• Spanish: destruible (es), destructible
• Swedish: förgörbar, utplånlig (sv), förgänglig (sv)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “destructible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “destructible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lettuce-birds

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin destructibilis (“destroyable”), from Latin dēstructiōnem (“destruction”) and -ibilis (“-ible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [dəs.tɾukˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.tɾukˈti.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [des.tɾukˈtib.ble]

Adjective

destructible m or f (masculine and feminine plural destructibles)

1. destructible

Derived terms

• indestructible

Further reading

• “destructible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin destructibilis (“destroyable”), from Latin dēstructiōnem (“destruction”) and -ibilis (“-ible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁyk.tibl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

destructible (plural destructibles)

1. destructible

Further reading

• “destructible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin destructibilis (“destroyable”), from Latin dēstructiōnem (“destruction”) and -ibilis (“-ible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /destɾuɡˈtible/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: des‧truc‧ti‧ble

Adjective

destructible m or f (masculine and feminine plural destructibles)

1. destructible

   Synonym: destruible

   Antonym: indestructible

Further reading

• “destructible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025