habile

From Middle English habil, from Old French habile, from Latin habilis (“suitable; apt”), from habeō (“I handle”). Doublet of able.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæbəl/, /ˈhæbɪl/, (uncommon) /ˈhæbaɪl/

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habile (comparative more habile, superlative most habile)

1. Generally able or adroit; handy.

From Old French (h)abile (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin habilis (“suitable, apt”).

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.bil/

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• Rhymes: -il
• Homophone: habiles

habile (plural habiles)

1. adroit, skillful
2. slick, nifty

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

habile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of habilis

habile

1. definite natural masculine singular of habil