accessible

• First attested in 1400.
• (easy of access): First attested in the 1640s.
• (art, literature): First attested in 1961.
• From French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ək.ˈsɛs.ə.bəl/

accessible (comparative more accessible, superlative most accessible)

1. Easy of access or approach; approachable.

   an accessible town or mountain

2. Easy to get along with.
3. Open to the influence of.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Babington Macaulay, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Minds accessible to reason.

4. Obtainable; to be got at.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Babington Macaulay, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     The best information ... at present accessible.

5. (art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated.
   • 2015, Rose Bretécher, Pure

     But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk.

6. Capable of being used or seen.

• (open to influence): Followed by to.

• inaccessible

• accessibility
• accessibly

From Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ək.səˈsi.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ak.seˈsi.ble/

accessible (masculine and feminine plural accessibles)

1. accessible

   Antonym: inaccessible

• accessibilitat
• inaccessible

• “accessible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Late Latin accessibilis (“accessible”), from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”).

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛ.sibl/, /ak.se.sibl/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophone: accessibles
• Hyphenation: ak‧se‧ssible

accessible (plural accessibles)

1. (of a place, information, etc.) accessible, attainable, obtainable, available
2. (of a price) affordable
3. (of a person) approachable

• inaccessible

• accessibilité

• “accessible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).