audible
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Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).
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audible (comparative more audible, superlative most audible)
- Able to be heard.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]
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able to be heard
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Verb edit
audible (third-person singular simple present audibles, present participle audibling, simple past and past participle audibled)
- (intransitive, American football) To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
- The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.
Noun edit
audible (plural audibles)
- (American football) The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.
- The audible changed the play to a run.
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin audibilis.
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audible m or f (masculine and feminine plural audibles)
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Further reading edit
- “audible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “audible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “audible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “audible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin audibilis.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
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audible (plural audibles)
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- “audible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin audibilis. Doublet of oíble.
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audible m or f (masculine and feminine plural audibles)
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Further reading edit
- “audible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014