recognisable

English

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English recognise

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English recognisable

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbl̩/
- IPA^(key): (obsolete) /ɹɪˈkɒɡnɪzəbl̩/^[1]
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbl̩/, (nonstandard) /ˈɹɛkənaɪzəbl̩/
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈɹekə(ɡ)nɑezəbəl/, [ˈɹekə(ɡ)nɑe̯zəbɫ̩], [ˈɹekə(ɡ)nɑe̯zəbʊ]
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɹekə(ɡ)nɑezəbəl/, (cultivated) [ˈɹekə(ɡ)nɑe̯zəbɫ̩], [ˈɹekə(ɡ)nɑe̯zəbʊ]

recognisable (comparative more recognisable, superlative most recognisable)

(British spelling) Able to be recognised.
- 2022 November 30, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 971, page 87:
  Whistle's creation stems from an internal colleague competition run by Northern to design a recognisable and approachable character to act as a mascot.
- 2025 October 1, Chris Howe, “Top 10: Britain's most significant rail bridges”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 56:
  The Forth Rail Bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth seven miles to the north west of Edinburgh, is arguably one of the most recognisable bridges in the world.

able to be recognised — see recognizable

^ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎^[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 5.66, page 170.