-ível

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === -ible (Beira, Northern Portugal) === Etymology === From Latin -ibilis. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ivew, (Portugal) -ivɛl Hyphenation: -í‧vel === Suffix === -ível m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -íveis) -able, -ible; alternative form of -ável ‎abolir (“to abolish”) + ‎-ível → ‎abolível (“abolishable”) ‎compor (“to compose”) + ‎-ível → ‎componível (“composable”) ‎esquecer (“to forget”) + ‎-ível → ‎esquecível (“forgettable”) ==== Usage notes ==== This form is generally appended to 2nd- and 3rd-conjugation verb stems and, in some cases, to Latin stems, such as those of verbs ending in -por, -ter, and -ver (respectively -pon-, from Latin pono; -ten-, from Latin teneo; and -ven-, from Latin venio). Some words ending in -ível are descended directly from Latin instead of being formed from a stem and a suffix. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ível”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-ível”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026