perfectible

English

Etymology

perfect + -ible

Adjective

perfectible (comparative more perfectible, superlative most perfectible)

  1. Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
    • 1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader:
      "Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin perfectus + -ible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: perfectibles
  • Hyphenation: per‧fec‧tible

Adjective

perfectible (plural perfectibles)

  1. perfectible
    Synonym: améliorable
    Antonym: imperfectible

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾfeɡˈtible/ [peɾ.feɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: per‧fec‧ti‧ble

Adjective

perfectible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perfectibles)

  1. perfectible

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Further reading

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