collectible

English

Alternative forms

• collectable (British)

Etymology

From collect +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlɛktɪbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

collectible (comparative more collectible, superlative most collectible)

1. Worthy or suitable for collecting on historical/financial grounds, or for meeting a personal aesthetic.

   collectible stamps, collectible china, collectible Beatles memorabilia

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     With the lifting of his “depression,” he’d developed a new interest, hobbylike in its intensity, in framable and collectible railroad memorabilia, and he could happily have spent the whole day—the whole week!—pursuing it. . .

2. Rightfully subject to payment.

   a collectible bill

3. That is likely to be paid.

   He's owed it to us for six months, but it doesn't look very collectible to me.

Derived terms

• collectibility
• cryptocollectible
• noncollectible
• uncollectible

Translations

worthy or suitable for collecting

• Hungarian: gyűjthető (hu)
• Polish: kolekcjonerski (pl)

Noun

collectible (plural collectibles)

1. An object which someone might want to collect.
   • 2009 January 28, Brooks Barnes, “Sweet Deal to Promote Tweeny-Bop Girl Group”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Topps […] has signed the Clique Girlz as commercial spokeswomen for Baby Bottle Pop, one of the Top 10 nonchocolate candy brands.

Translations

collectible — see collector's item