-able
suffix/əbl/
/əbl/
in adjectives- that can or must be
- calculable
- taxable
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- having the quality of
- fashionable
- comfortable
- changeable
Word Originfrom French -able or Latin -abilis; originally found in words only from these forms but later used to form adjectives directly from English verbs ending in -ate, e.g. educable from educate; later used to form adjectives from verbs of all types (influenced by the unrelated word able), e.g. bearable, saleable.
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