perfectible

English

Etymology

From 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^[1]:

     "Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed.

Derived terms

• perfectibility
• perfectibly

Translations

able to be perfected; capable of perfection

• German: vervollkommnungsfähig

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Perfectible”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 684.

French

Etymology

From Latin perfectus + -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.fɛk.tibl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: perfectibles
• Hyphenation: per‧fec‧tible

Adjective

perfectible (plural perfectibles)

1. perfectible

   Synonym: améliorable

   Antonym: imperfectible

Further reading

• “perfectible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

Derived terms

• perfectibilidad

 

Further reading

• “perfectible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16