-able
suffix /əbl/
/əbl/
in adjectives- that can or must be
- calculable
- taxable
- having the quality of
- fashionable
- comfortable
- changeable
More Like This SuffixesSuffixes- -able
- -age
- -al
- -ance
- -ant
- -arian
- -ary
- -dom
- -ee
- -er
- -ese
- -esque
- -ess
- -fold
- -ful
- -hood
- -ify
- -ion
- -ish
- -ism
- -ist
- -ista
- -ite
- -itis
- -ize
- -less
- -let
- -ling
- -ly
- -ment
- -most
- -ness
- -oid
- -or
- -ous
- -ship
Word Originfrom French -able or Latin -abilis; originally found in words only from these forms but later used to form adjectives directly from English verbs ending in -ate, e.g. educable from educate; later used to form adjectives from verbs of all types (influenced by the unrelated word able), e.g. bearable, saleable.