partible

[ pahr-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.

partible

/ ˈpɑːtəbəl /

adjective

1. (esp of property or an inheritance) divisible; separable

Other Words From

• parti·bili·ty noun
• non·parti·ble adjective
• un·parti·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of partible¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin partibilis divisible, equivalent to Latin part ( īrī ) to divide, part + -ibilis -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of partible¹

C16: from Late Latin partibilis, from part-, pars part

Example Sentences

With partible paternity, the woman’s role in producing babies is typically downgraded, unsurprisingly, to “receptacle.”

From Washington Post

There was co-operation in working the fields but no communistic division of the crops, and the individual's hold upon his strips developed rapidly into an inheritable and partible ownership.

From Project Gutenberg

Antonyms: See impartial. partiality, n. bias, favoritism; predilection, inclination, fondness, predisposition, bent. partible, a. separable, divisible, detachable, dissoluble, severable.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated word: cordon. separable, a. divisible, detachable, severable, partible.

From Project Gutenberg