perfectible
English
Etymology
perfect + -ible
Adjective
perfectible (comparative more perfectible, superlative most perfectible)
- Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
- 1988, May 6, “Robert McClory”, in The Divine Right:
- "Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.
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Derived terms
- perfectibility
- perfectibly
Translations
able to be perfected; capable of perfection
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French
Etymology
From Latin perfectus + -ible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl/
Audio (file) - Homophone: perfectibles
- Hyphenation: per‧fec‧tible
Adjective
perfectible (plural perfectibles)
- perfectible
- Synonym: améliorable
- Antonym: imperfectible
Further reading
- “perfectible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Adjective
perfectible (plural perfectibles)
- perfectible
Further reading
- “perfectible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014