capable

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/, [ˈkʰeɪ̯.pə.bɫ̩] (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.bə.bəl/ Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧ble === Adjective === capable (comparative more capable, superlative most capable) Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:skillful ==== Antonyms ==== incapable ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “capable”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === pacable == French == === Etymology === From Latin capabilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.pabl/ === Adjective === capable (plural capables) able, capable ==== Descendants ==== Mauritian Creole: kapav, kapab → Russian: капа́бельный (kapábelʹnyj) ==== See also ==== cap' === Further reading === “capable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French capable (“capable”). === Verb === capable (Saint-Domingue) (auxiliary) can, to be able to Nous promené jouc nou pas té capable encore. ― We walked until we could not anymore. ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: kapab === References === S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue]‎[1] (in French), Paris