perceptible
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛptɪbl̩/
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Adjective edit
perceptible (comparative more perceptible, superlative most perceptible)
- Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
- Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. […] But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
Translations edit
able to be perceived
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Noun edit
perceptible (plural perceptibles)
- Anything that can be perceived.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō), equivalent to percebre + -ible.
Adjective edit
perceptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perceptibles)
- perceptible
- Antonym: imperceptible
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “perceptible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “perceptible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “perceptible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “perceptible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
perceptible (plural perceptibles)
- perceptible
- Synonym: percevable
- Antonym: imperceptible
- 1876, M. Bouilly, Archives Générales de Médecine[1], page 464:
- A ce niveau, cibrations thoraciques faibles, mais perceptibles ; voix un peu éloignée, mais sans aucun timbre ægophonique.
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “perceptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾθebˈtible/ [peɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾsebˈtible/ [peɾ.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: per‧cep‧ti‧ble
Adjective edit
perceptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perceptibles)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “perceptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014