capable
adjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- Canada//ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl//
- Canada/[ˈkʰeɪ̯.pə.bɫ̩]/
- //ˈkeɪ.bə.bəl//
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
adjectif
- 1
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
She is capable and efficient.
He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.
That fact is not capable of proof.
- 2
obsolèteOf sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.
The place chosen was the cathedral church, capable of about 400 persons.
[...] deſignation only to thoſe things, which have parts, and are capable of increaſe or diminution [...]
Again, I farther obſerve, that as man is a compound being, ſo this renders him capable of ſeveral diſtinct kinds of pleaſure [...]
He has begun a road capable of a wheel-carriage.
Étymologie
Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis.
Formes
- comparatif
- more capable
- superlatif
- most capable
capable · Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to…
capacity · The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.cape · A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast…Cape · A surname.