English suffix

-able

ability / passive potential

Register

learned

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

V

allomorphs -ible

Status

Establisheddraft

oed

Words built with -able

readable
able to be read
read+-able
drinkable
able to be drunk
drink+-able
respectable
worthy of respect
respect+-able

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

this affix: -able

    French

    • -able
      functional equivalent; register differs (L vs N)

    Hindi

    • -नीय
      functional equivalent; register differs (L vs S)

    Telugu

    Tamil