susceptible
English
Etymology
From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈsɛptɪbl̩/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)
- likely to be affected by something
- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- easily influenced or tricked; credulous
- (medicine) especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus
- that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
- vulnerable
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)
Derived terms
- suscept
- susceptibly
- susceptibility
Translations
likely to be affected by
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especially sensitive
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that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
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Noun
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
- 1983, Topley & Wilson, editors, General Microbiology & Immunity, →ISBN, page 417:
- In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles, by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.
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Coordinate terms
- immune
- infective
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /su.səpˈti.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /su.sepˈti.ble/
Adjective
susceptible (feminine susceptibla, masculine and feminine plural susceptibles)
- sensitive
- subject (de to)
- susceptible de fluctuacions ― subject to fluctuations
- (figuratively) touchy, oversensitive, easily offended
Derived terms
- susceptibilitat
Further reading
- “susceptible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.sɛp.tibl/
Audio (file)
Adjective
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- likely, liable
- Cet incident est susceptible d'entraîner une crise diplomatique.
- This incident is liable to lead to a diplomatic crisis.
- huffy, thin-skinned, touchy
- Évite de le critiquer, il est très susceptible.
- Avoid criticising him, he's very touchy.
Derived terms
- susceptibilité
References
- “susceptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō (“to undertake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /susθebˈtible/ [sus.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /susebˈtible/ [su.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: sus‧cep‧ti‧ble
Adjective
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- amenable
- sensitive
- capable (of), susceptible (to) (followed by de, and an action)
- "frágil" significa que es susceptible de romperse
- "fragile" means that it is capable of being broken
Derived terms
- susceptibilidad
Further reading
- “susceptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014