-ível
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ivɛl
- Hyphenation: -í‧vel
Suffix edit
-ível m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -íveis)
- Alternative form of -ável (“able”), used to form adjectives from 2nd- and 3rd-conjugation verbs
- mover (“to move”) + -ível → movível (“moveable”)
- esquecer (“to forget”) + -ível → esquecível (“forgetable”)
- transpor (“to transpose, to transverse”) + -ível → transponível (“transposable, transversable”)
- dispor (“to dispose, to arrange”) + -ível → disponível (“available”)
Usage notes edit
Verbs ending in pôr are suffixed using the Latin form pōnere.