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Italian
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin dēfectibilis, derived from Classical Latin dēfectus (“fault; weakness”) + -bilis (“-able, subject to”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.fetˈti.bi.le/
- Rhymes: -ibile
- Hyphenation: de‧fet‧tì‧bi‧le
Adjective
defettibile (plural defettibili)
- (literary) fallible (capable of fault)
- Synonym: fallibile (uncommon)
- Antonyms: indefettibile (literary), infallibile
Derived terms
References
- defettibile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana