perceptible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛptɪbl̩/
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Adjective
perceptible (comparative more perceptible, superlative most perceptible)
- Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- 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.
- Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.
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Translations
able to be perceived
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipio), equivalent to percebre + -ible.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipio).
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “perceptible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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