perceptible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛptɪbl̩/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
perceptible (comparative more perceptible, superlative most perceptible)
- Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
- 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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Noun
perceptible (plural perceptibles)
- Anything that can be perceived.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipio), equivalent to percebre + -ible.
Adjective
perceptible (masculine and feminine plural perceptibles)
- perceptible
- Antonym: imperceptible
Derived terms
- perceptiblement
Further reading
- “perceptible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “perceptible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “perceptible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “perceptible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipio).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
perceptible (plural perceptibles)
- perceptible
- Synonym: percevable
- Antonym: imperceptible
- 1876, M. Bouilly, Archives Générales de Médecine, page 464:
- A ce niveau, cibrations thoraciques faibles, mais perceptibles ; voix un peu éloignée, mais sans aucun timbre ægophonique.
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Related terms
- percevoir
Further reading
- “perceptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾθebˈtible/ [peɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾsebˈtible/ [peɾ.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: per‧cep‧ti‧ble
Adjective
perceptible (plural perceptibles)
- perceptible
Derived terms
- perceptiblemente
Related terms
- percibir
Further reading
- “perceptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014