dicible

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dīcibilis, from dīcō (“say”) +‎ -(i)bilis (“-able”). In French, it could almost be surface-analyzed as dis +‎ -ible, except that this would result in *disible, with /z/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.sibl/

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Adjective

dicible (plural dicibles)

1. sayable

Derived terms

• dicibilité
• indicibilité
• indicible

 

Noun

dicible m (plural dicibles)

1. sayable

References

• “dicible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.