See Also: uble(dictionary)

uble (iou)



-uble suffix (not productive).
[French from Latin -ubilis adjectival suffix, the form taken by the suffix -bilis (see -BLE) when added to verbs in -vere, as solubilis SOLUBLE from solvere, volubilis VOLUBLE from volvere.]
Forming adjectives with the senses 'able to be', as soluble, and 'able to', as voluble. Cf. -ABLE, -IBLE.