inclinabile

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclīnābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.kliˈna.bi.le/
  • Rhymes: -abile
  • Hyphenation: in‧cli‧nà‧bi‧le

Adjective

inclinabile m or f (plural inclinabili)

  1. reclinable
  2. (figurative, uncommon) inclined, prone
    Synonyms: incline, propenso
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato primo, Capitolo I [First Treatise, Chapter 1]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964:
      tutti li uomini naturalmente desiderano di sapere. La ragione di che puote essere ed è che ciascuna cosa, da providenza di propria natura impinta è inclinabile a la sua propria perfezione
      All men by nature desire to know. The reason for this can be and is that each thing, impelled by a force provided by its own nature, is inclined towards its own perfection.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • inclinabile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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