perceptible

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio.

Pronunciation

Adjective

perceptible (comparative more perceptible, superlative most perceptible)

  1. Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
    Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. […] But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.

Translations

Noun

perceptible (plural perceptibles)

  1. Anything that can be perceived.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō), equivalent to percebre +‎ -ible.

Adjective

perceptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perceptibles)

  1. perceptible
    Antonym: imperceptible

Derived terms

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō).

Pronunciation

Adjective

perceptible (plural perceptibles)

  1. perceptible
    Synonym: percevable
    Antonym: imperceptible
    • 1876, M. Bouilly, Archives Générales de Médecine‎, page 464:
      A ce niveau, cibrations thoraciques faibles, mais perceptibles ; voix un peu éloignée, mais sans aucun timbre ægophonique.
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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾθebˈtible/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾsebˈtible/
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: per‧cep‧ti‧ble

Adjective

perceptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perceptibles)

  1. perceptible

Derived terms

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