different between eligible vs ble

English

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ?lig? (“select, choose”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?d??b(?)l/

Adjective

eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)

1. allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
2. worthy of being chosen (for marriage)

Usage notes

Used in the phrase eligible bachelor to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

Synonyms

• qualified

Antonyms

• ineligible
• unqualified

Related terms

• eligibility
• eligibly
• elite
• elect
• elegant
• choosable
• licensed

See also

• illegible

Translations

Noun

eligible (plural eligibles)

1. One who is eligible.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eligibilis.

Adjective

eligible m or f (plural eligibles)

1. choosable; selectable (that one can choose)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (eligible, supplement)

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly from a reconstructed *bledino-, a derivation of Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”). Among the many common names in the languages of Europe for Verbascum thapsus (the common mullein), whose long leaves were historically used to make wicks, are the equivalents of “wolf's tail” or “fox's tail”. (For example, Welsh cynffon llwynog (“fox's tail”), dialectal Catalan cua de guilla (“fox's tail”).)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ble/

Noun

ble m (plural blens)

1. wick

   Synonym: metxa

Derived terms

• blenera

Further reading

• “ble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ble” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “ble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse blæja (“sheet, blanket”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål bleie, Swedish blöja

Noun

ble c (singular definite bleen, plural indefinite bleer)

1. diaper, nappy; An absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent.

Inflection

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bleu (“blue”).

Adjective

ble

1. blue

Lakota

Etymology

Cognate with Dakota bdé

Noun

ble

1. lake

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• blo

Noun

ble ? (plural [please provide])

1. blue

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ble

1. past tense of bli

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleðja.

Verb

ble (present tense bler, past tense bledde, past participle bledd, present participle bleande, imperative ble)

1. (transitive, intransitive) (while reading) to turn the page, to sift through a book, pamphlet or other

   Synonym: bla

2. (transitive) to sort

Related terms

• blad n

Etymology 2

Verb

ble (present tense bler, past tense blei, supine blitt)

1. (Stavanger) Eye dialect spelling of bli.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (South Wales, colloquial) le
• (North Wales, colloquial) lle
• (literary) pa le

Etymology

Contraction of ba le from pa le (“which place”), mutated so as to show adverbial usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ble?/

Adverb

ble

1. where

Mutation

Mutation of ble is unusual in that its mutated forms derive from the original pa le, resulting in ble (soft), mhle (soft) and phle (aspirate). Usage of mhle and phle is limited, if at all found in the case of the latter, with users preferring an unmutable ble in all contexts.