French suffix

-able

ability / passive potential

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

V

allomorphs -ible, -uble

Status

Establisheddraft

tlfi

Words built with -able

lisible
able to be read
lire+-able
buvable
able to be drunk
boire+-able
respectable
worthy of respect
respecter+-able

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

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

French

this affix: -able

    Hindi

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

    Telugu

    Tamil