destructible

destructible

English

Etymology

destruct +‎ -ible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹʌktɪbəl/

Adjective

destructible (comparative more destructible, superlative most destructible)

1. Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

Synonyms

• breakable, destroyable, wreckable
• See also Thesaurus:fragile

Antonyms

• indestructible, undestroyable, unbreakable, unwreckable (incapable of being destroyed)
• constructible, producible (capable of being constructed)

Derived terms

• biodestructible
• destructibleness
• indestructible

Translations

liable to destruction

Catalan: destructible Czech: zničitelný French: destructible (fr) Greek: φθαρτός (el) m (fthartós), καταστρέψιμος m (katastrépsimos), καταστρεπτικός (el) (katastreptikós), αφανιστικός (el) (afanistikós) Japanese: 壊せる (ja) (kowaseru), 壊れやすい (ja) (kowasreyasui), 脆い (ja) (moroi) Manx: so-stroie Romanian: distructibil m or n, nimicibil Spanish: destruible (es), destructible Swedish: förgörbar, utplånlig (sv), förgänglig (sv)

References

• destructible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• destructible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• lettuce-birds

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin destructibilis (“destroyable”), from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem (“destruction”) and -ibilis (“-ible”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /dəs.tɾukˈti.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /des.tɾukˈti.ble/

Adjective

destructible (masculine and feminine plural destructibles)

1. destructible

Derived terms

• indestructible

Further reading

• “destructible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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French

Etymology

From Latin destructibilis (“destroyable”), from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem (“destruction”) and -ibilis (“-ible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁyk.tibl/

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Adjective

destructible (plural destructibles)

1. destructible

Further reading

• “destructible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin destructibilis (“destroyable”), from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem (“destruction”) and -ibilis (“-ible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /destɾuɡˈtible/ [d̪es.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: des‧truc‧ti‧ble

Adjective

destructible (plural destructibles)

1. destructible

   Synonym: destruible

   Antonym: indestructible

Further reading

• “destructible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014