perfectible
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
perfectible (comparative more perfectible, superlative most perfectible)
- Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
- 1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- "Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
able to be perfected; capable of perfection
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French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl/
Audio (file) - Homophone: perfectibles
- Hyphenation: per‧fec‧tible
Adjective edit
perfectible (plural perfectibles)
- perfectible
- Synonym: améliorable
- Antonym: imperfectible
Further reading edit
- “perfectible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
perfectible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perfectibles)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “perfectible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014