Dictionary

-ability en · X

Pronunciation

• /-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ (Australia, Canada, US)
• /-əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ (UK)
• [-əˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] (Australia, Canada, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability From Middle English -ablete, -iblete, -abilite, -ibilite, from Middle French -ableté, -ibleté, -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, from -abilis (“able”) or -ibilis (“able”) + -tas. Equivalent to -able + -ity. See ability.

Meanings

1. (morpheme, uncountable, usually) Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition.
   • cook + -ability → cookability

Forms

Deriveds

acceptability · suitability · teachability · inflammability · variability · adaptability · respectability · readability · palpability · stability · malleability · affability · culpability · bouncebackability · nonability · flammability · inability · availability · durability · desirability · capability · traceability · liability · accountability · absorbability · reliability · instability · probability

Relateds

clusterability (other terms ending in "ability") · combinability (other terms ending in "ability") · factorizability (other terms ending in "ability") · passability (other terms ending in "ability") · repairability (other terms ending in "ability") · universalisability (other terms ending in "ability") · treatability (other terms ending in "ability") · googleability (other terms ending in "ability") · respectability (other terms ending in "ability") · countability (other terms ending in "ability") · usability (other terms ending in "ability") · togglability (other terms ending in "ability") · rapability (other terms ending in "ability") · supportability (other terms ending in "ability") · registerability (other terms ending in "ability") · tolerability (other terms ending in "ability") · recognizability (other terms ending in "ability") · collocability (other terms ending in "ability") · movability (other terms ending in "ability") · rationalizability (other terms ending in "ability") · googlability (other terms ending in "ability") · agreeability (other terms ending in "ability") · scanability (other terms ending in "ability") · avoidability (other terms ending in "ability") · disability (other terms ending in "ability") · mouldability (other terms ending in "ability") · washability (other terms ending in "ability") · seeability (other terms ending in "ability") · unmappability (other terms ending in "ability") · installability (other terms ending in "ability") · editability (other terms ending in "ability") · resettability (other terms ending in "ability") · undoability (other terms ending in "ability") · investigability (other terms ending in "ability") · playability (other terms ending in "ability") · impassibility (other terms ending in "ability") · wearability (other terms ending in "ability") · winnability (other terms ending in "ability") · availability (other terms ending in "ability") · enforceability (other terms ending in "ability") · removability (other terms ending in "ability") · enjoyability (other terms ending in "ability") · impassability (other terms ending in "ability") · governability (other terms ending in "ability") · writability (other terms ending in "ability") · mappability (other terms ending in "ability") · falsifiability (other terms ending in "ability") · crystallizability (other terms ending in "ability") · printability (other terms ending in "ability") · preventability (other terms ending in "ability")

Translations (16)

pt -abilidade (forms a noun from a verb) · ms keter--an (forms a noun from a verb) · tr -abilite (forms a noun from a verb) · hu -hetőség (forms a noun from a verb) · fr -abilité (forms a noun from a verb) · ro -abilitate (forms a noun from a verb) · hu képesség (forms a noun from a verb) · hu -hatóság (forms a noun from a verb) · tr -abilirlik (forms a noun from a verb) · id -itas (forms a noun from a verb) · ms keboleh--an (forms a noun from a verb) · ro -ibilitate (forms a noun from a verb) · id -abilitas (forms a noun from a verb) · sv -barhet (forms a noun from a verb) · de -barkeit (forms a noun from a verb) · pl -ość (forms a noun from a verb)