discernible en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈsɝnɪbl̩/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /dɪˈsɜːnɪbl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle French discernable; spelling changed from -a- to -i- in the 17th century to conform to Latin discernibilis. By surface analysis, discern + -ible.
Meanings
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Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.
There is a discernible performance difference between a Porsche and a Civic.
To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.
1821, John Duncan, Duncan's Travels:In 1995, the IPCC declared that the human impact on climate was now “discernible.”
2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, “Introduction”, in Merchants of Doubt:This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image.
2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 36:So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| discernable | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most discernible | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more discernible | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
discernibility · discernibly · indiscernible · discernibleness
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (30)
bg забележим (possible to discern) · sh razaberiv (possible to discern) · bg различим (possible to discern) · ga infheicthe (possible to discern) · sh razabirljiv (possible to discern) · es discernible (possible to discern) · eo distingebla (possible to discern) · pa ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਗੋਚਰ (possible to discern) · sh zamjetan (possible to discern) · pl zauważalny (possible to discern) · pl dostrzegalny (possible to discern) · bn পৃথকযোগ্য (possible to discern) · fi näkyvä (possible to discern) · sh primjetan (possible to discern) · ru ощути́мый (possible to discern) · it discernibile (possible to discern) · nl bespeurbaar (possible to discern) · sh vidljiv (possible to discern) · fr discernable (possible to discern) · ga le feiceáil (possible to discern) · pl wyczuwalny (possible to discern) · el ευδιάκριτος (possible to discern) · sv skönjbar (possible to discern) · sv märkbar (possible to discern) · de erkennbar (possible to discern) · sv urskiljbar (possible to discern) · fi havaittava (possible to discern) · nl waarneembaar (possible to discern) · sh uočljiv (possible to discern) · ru различи́мый (possible to discern)