cognoscible

English

Etymology

From cognosce +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒɡˈnɒsɪbəl/, /kəɡˈnɒsɪbəl/

Adjective

cognoscible (not comparable)

1. Capable of being known.
   • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:

     matters intelligible and cognoscible

2. Liable to judicial investigation.
   • a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, A Letter written to a Gentlewoman seduced to the Church of Rome:

     For no good or wise person can believe that God hath tied our salvation to impossible measures , or bound us to an article that is not by us cognoscible

Derived terms

• incognoscible
• uncognoscible

 

Related terms

• cognisable, cognizable
• cognisant
• recognise, recognize

References

• “cognoscible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /koɡnosˈθible/ [koɣ̞.nosˈθi.β̞le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koɡnoˈsible/ [koɣ̞.noˈsi.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: cog‧nos‧ci‧ble

Adjective

cognoscible m or f (masculine and feminine plural cognoscibles)

1. cognisable; knowable

Further reading

• “cognoscible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28