adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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vĭz'ĭ-bəl
vĭz'ə-bəl
/ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/
/ˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
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rhymes with -ɪbəl
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adj
Meaning 1
Able to be seen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English visible, from Old French visible, from Late Latin visibilis (“that may be seen”), from Latin videre (“to see”), past participle visus; see vision. Displaced native Old English ġesewenlīċ.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
sigbaar
— able to be seen
Albanian:
dukshëm
— able to be seen
Arabic:
مَنْظُور
(manẓūr)
— able to be seen
Armenian:
տեսանելի
(tesaneli)
— able to be seen
Asturian:
visible
— able to be seen
Belarusian:
ба́чны
(báčny)
— able to be seen
Breton:
hewel
— able to be seen
Bulgarian:
ви́дим
(vídim)
— able to be seen
Catalan:
visible
— able to be seen
Chinese Mandarin:
看得見 /看得见
(kàn de jiàn)
— able to be seen
Chinese Mandarin:
可看見的 /可看见的
(kě kànjiàn de)
— able to be seen
Czech:
viditelný
— able to be seen
Danish:
synlig
— able to be seen
Dutch:
zichtbaar
— able to be seen
Dutch:
zichtbare
— able to be seen
Esperanto:
videbla
— able to be seen
Finnish:
näkyvä
— able to be seen
French:
visible
— able to be seen
Old French:
voiable
— able to be seen
Old French:
veable
— able to be seen
Galician:
visible
— able to be seen
Georgian:
შესამჩნევი
(šesamčnevi)
— able to be seen
Georgian:
დასანახი
(dasanaxi)
— able to be seen
Georgian:
ხედვადი
(xedvadi)
— able to be seen
German:
sichtbar
— able to be seen
Gothic:
𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃
(anasiuns)
— able to be seen
Greek:
ορατός
(oratós)
— able to be seen
Greek:
φανερός
(fanerós)
— able to be seen
Ancient Greek:
ὁρατός
(horatós)
— able to be seen
Ancient Greek:
φανερός
(phanerós)
— able to be seen
Haitian Creole:
vizib
— able to be seen
Hebrew:
נראה
(nir'eh)
— able to be seen
Hungarian:
látható
— able to be seen
Icelandic:
sýnilegur
— able to be seen
Irish:
infheicthe
— able to be seen
Irish:
sofheicthe
— able to be seen
Irish:
le feiceáil
— able to be seen
Irish:
feicseanach
— able to be seen
Italian:
visibile
— able to be seen
Japanese:
見える
(mieru)
— able to be seen
Japanese:
目に見える
(me ni mieru)
— able to be seen
Japanese:
顕在する
(kenzai suru)
— able to be seen
Kashmiri:
درٛینٛٹھمان
(drēnṭhmān)
— able to be seen
Korean:
보이는
(boineun)
— able to be seen
Central Kurdish:
دیار
(dyar)
— able to be seen
Latin:
spectābilis
— able to be seen
Latin:
visibilis
— able to be seen
Latvian:
redzams
— able to be seen
Macedonian:
видлив
(vidliv)
— able to be seen
Manx:
so-akin
— able to be seen
Māori:
ari
— able to be seen
Norwegian:
synlig
— able to be seen
Occitan:
visible
— able to be seen
Old Church Slavonic:
видимъ
(vidimŭ)
— able to be seen
Old English:
ġesewenlīċ
— able to be seen
Persian:
پیدا
(peydâ)
— able to be seen
Persian:
هویدا
(hoveydâ)
— able to be seen
Persian:
ویدا
(vidâ)
— able to be seen
Plautdietsch:
sechtboa
— able to be seen
Polish:
widoczny
— able to be seen
Polish:
widzialny
— able to be seen
Portuguese:
visível
— able to be seen
Punjabi:
ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀਗੋਚਰ
(driśṭīgocar)
— able to be seen