/kapabl/
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
Examples
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I'm capable of doing this on my own.
Cet .
This child is capable of great things.
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Are you able to keep a secret?
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You're not capable of staying quiet for two minutes!
Cette ' -.
This car can reach three hundred kilometres an hour.
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