-ável
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See also: avel
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese -avel, from Latin -ābilis. Compare -able in various other languages; e.g. Sicilian -àvili, for a similar morphology.
Pronunciation
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Suffix
[edit]-ável m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -áveis)
- -able, used to form adjectives from 1st-conjugation verbs
- cantar (“to sing”) + -ável → cantável (“singable”)
- aumentar (“to increase”) + -ável → aumentável (“increasable”)
Usage notes
[edit]- Some words ending in -ável are descended directly from Latin as opposed to being formed from a stem and a suffix.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/avɛl
- Rhymes:Portuguese/avɛl/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/avew
- Rhymes:Portuguese/avew/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese adjective-forming suffixes
- Portuguese masculine suffixes
- Portuguese feminine suffixes
- Portuguese suffixes with multiple genders