discernible

English

WOTD – 2 December 2015

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French discernable; spelling changed from -a- to -i- in the 17th century to conform to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin discernibilis. Synchronically analyzable as discern +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɝnɪbl̩/
• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsɜːnɪbl̩/

• Audio (AU):

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• Hyphenation: dis‧cern‧ible

Adjective

discernible (comparative more discernible, superlative most discernible)

1. Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.

   There is a discernible performance difference between a Porsche and a Civic.

   • 1821, John Duncan, Duncan's Travels:

     To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.

   • Template:RQ:Frgsn Zlnstn

     So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Synonyms

• See discoverable

Derived terms

• discernibleness
• discernibly
• indiscernible

Related terms

• discernment

Translations

possible to discern

• Bulgarian: забележим (bg) (zabeležim), различим (bg) (različim)
• Dutch: waarneembaar (nl), bespeurbaar (nl)
• Finnish: näkyvä (fi), havaittava (fi)
• German: erkennbar (de)
• Greek: ευδιάκριτος (el) (evdiákritos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: le feiceáil, infheicthe
• Russian: ощутимый (ru) (oščutimyj), различимый (ru) (različimyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: zamjetan (sh), primjetan (sh), vidljiv (sh), uočljiv (sh), razaberiv, razabirljiv
• Swedish: urskiljbar, märkbar (sv), skönjbar (sv)

Anagrams

• rescindible

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Spanish

Adjective

discernible m or f (masculine and feminine plural discernibles)

1. discernible