accessible

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1400.
• (easy of access): First attested in the 1640's.
• (art, literature): First attested in 1961.
• From French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ək.ˈsɛs.ə.bəl/

Adjective

accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible)

1. Easy of access or approach; approachable.

   an accessible town or mountain

2. Easy to get along with.
3. Open to the influence of.
   • Minds accessible to reason. - Thomas Babington Macaulay
4. Obtainable; to be got at.
   • The best information ... at present accessible. - Thomas Babington Macaulay
5. (art, literature) Easily understood.
6. Capable of being used or seen.

Usage notes

• (open to influence): Followed by to.

Antonyms

• inaccessible

Derived terms

• accessibility
• accessibly

Translations

easy of access or approach

• Bulgarian: достъпен (bg) (dostǎpen), достижим (bg) (dostižim), достъпен (bg) (dostǎpen)
• Catalan: accessible (ca)
• French: accessible (fr)
• Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl)
• Georgian: მისაწვდომი (ka) (misacvdomi)
• Interlingua: accessibile (ia)
• Italian: accessibile (it)

• Portuguese: acessível (pt)
• Romanian: accesibil (ro) m and n
• Russian: доступный (ru) (dostúpnyj), достижимый (ru) (dostižímyj)
• Spanish: accesible (es), asequible (es)
• Welsh: hygyrch (cy)

of a person, approachable

• Catalan: accessible (ca)
• French: accessible (fr)

• Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl)
• Portuguese: acessível (pt)
• Russian: доступный (ru) (dostúpnyj)
• Spanish: accesible (es)

obtainable

• Bulgarian: постижим (bg) (postižim)
• French: accessible (fr)

• Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl)
• Romanian: accesibil (ro) m and n
• Russian: доступный (ru) (dostúpnyj)

open to the influence of

• Bulgarian: податлив (bg) (podatliv)

• Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl)
• Russian: поддающийся (ru) (poddajúščijsja), податливый (ru) (podátlivyj)

easily understood

• Bulgarian: понятен (bg) (ponjaten)
• Galician: accesible (gl), accesíbel (gl)
• Italian: accessibile (it)

• Russian: доступный (ru) (dostúpnyj), понятный (ru) (ponjátnyj)
• Turkish: Kolayca anlaşılır (tr), kolay anlaşılan (tr)

---

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

Adjective

accessible m, f (masculine and feminine plural accessibles)

1. accessible

Derived terms

• accessibilitat
• inaccessible

---

French

Etymology

From Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ak.sɛ.sibl/, X-SAMPA: /ak.sE.sibl/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: accessibles
• Hyphenation: ak‧se‧ssible

Adjective

accessible (masculine and feminine, plural accessibles)

1. (of a place, information, etc.) accessible, attainable, obtainable, available
2. (of a price) affordable
3. (of a person) approachable

Antonyms

• inaccessible

Derived terms

• accessibilité