perceptible

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipio.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɛptɪbl̩/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

perceptible (comparative more perceptible, superlative most perceptible)

1. Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

   Her voice was barely perceptible over the noise, but her gestures made her meaning clear.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. […] But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.

Translations

able to be perceived

Belarusian: адчува́льны (adčuválʹny), прыкме́тны (prykmjétny) Bulgarian: осеза́ем (bg) (osezáem) Chinese: Mandarin: 感覺得到的 / 感觉得到的 (gǎnjué dédào de) French: perceptible (fr) Galician: perceptíbel (gl) m or f German: wahrnehmbar (de), spürbar (de), fühlbar (de) Hungarian: megfogható (hu), felfogható (hu), érezhető (hu) Italian: percepibile (it) Japanese: 知覚できる (ja) (ちかくできる, chikaku dekiru) Latin: sēnsibilis Maori: māheahea (barely perceptible) Portuguese: percetível (Portugal), perceptível (pt) (Brazil) Russian: ощути́мый (ru) (oščutímyj), осяза́емый (ru) (osjazájemyj), заме́тный (ru) (zamétnyj) Sanskrit: गृह्य (sa) (gṛhya) Spanish: perceptible (es) Swedish: märkbar (sv), förnimbar (sv), möjlig att uppfatta Thai: รับรู้ได้ Turkish: algılanabilir (tr) Ukrainian: відчу́тний (vidčútnyj), примі́тний (prymítnyj)

Noun

perceptible (plural perceptibles)

1. Anything that can be perceived.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō), equivalent to percebre +‎ -ible.

Adjective

perceptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perceptibles)

1. perceptible

   Antonym: imperceptible

Derived terms

• perceptiblement

Further reading

• “perceptible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “perceptible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “perceptible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “perceptible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

perceptible (plural perceptibles)

1. perceptible

   Synonym: percevable

   Antonym: imperceptible

   • 1876, M. Bouilly, Archives Générales de Médecine‎, page 464:

     A ce niveau, cibrations thoraciques faibles, mais perceptibles ; voix un peu éloignée, mais sans aucun timbre ægophonique.

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Related terms

• percevoir

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (from Latin percipiō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾθebˈtible/ [peɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /peɾsebˈtible/ [peɾ.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: per‧cep‧ti‧ble

Adjective

perceptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural perceptibles)

1. perceptible

Derived terms

• perceptibilidad
• perceptiblemente

Related terms

• percibir

Further reading

• “perceptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024