dicible

Borrowed from Late Latin dīcibilis, from dīcō (“say”) +‎ -(i)bilis (“-able”). In French, it could almost be surface-analyzed as dis +‎ -ible, except that this would result in *disible, with /z/.

• IPA^(key): /di.sibl/

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dicible (plural dicibles)

1. sayable
   • 2006, Virginie Despentes, “Impossible de violer cette femme…”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 40:

     Les livres étaient là, tenaient compagnie, rendaient la chose possible, dicible, partageable.

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dicible m (plural dicibles)

1. sayable

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