/kapabl/
#810 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
capable, able
Word origin
From Late Latin capabilis ('able to hold or take'), from Latin capere ('to take, hold'). The same root gives English capable, capacity and capture.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- capere
- English cognates
- capable, capacity, capture
Grammar
Masc pluralcapables
Examples
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I'm capable of doing this on my own.
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This child is capable of great things.
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Are you able to keep a secret?
' taire !
You're not capable of staying quiet for two minutes!
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This car can reach three hundred kilometres an hour.
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