different between passible vs patible

English

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French passible, from Late Latin passibilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pas?b?l/

Adjective

passible (not comparable)

1. (chiefly theology) Able to suffer, or feel pain. [from 14th c.]
2. Able to feel emotion.
3. Capable of suffering injury or detriment.
4. Liable to experience change or decay. [14th–17th c.]

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Passible”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 531, column 3.
• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “passible”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.sibl/

Adjective

passible (plural passibles)

1. punishable (appropriate for punishment)

See also

• impassible

Further reading

• “passible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin passibilis.

Adjective

passible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular passiblee)

1. passible (able to suffer)

Descendants

• ? English: passible
• French: passible

English

Adjective

patible (comparative more patible, superlative most patible)

1. Able to suffer; passible
2. Capable of being suffered; tolerable, endurable

Derived terms

• patible cross

Anagrams

• bipetal